A 24-year-old Sikh man set aside religious code by removing his turban to save four youths from drowning in a canal.
The four, aged between 18 and 25 years, had gone to the canal to immerse a Ganesha idol last Friday, when a gush of water made them lose balance at <g data-gr-id="11">Sular</g> <g data-gr-id="12">Ghaat</g> near Sunam village.
Inderpal Singh, who was sitting on <g data-gr-id="18">embankment</g> of the canal, noticed that the youths were drowning. He took off his turban, hurled it towards the youths and pulled them out with its help, police and eyewitnesses said. The incident came to light after a video was circulated in the social media.
One of the rescued youths said their saviour had first tried to pull them out with the help of a wire lying on <g data-gr-id="15">embankment</g> of the canal but it broke. He then used his turban. <g data-gr-id="13">Inderpal’s</g> life-saving act was similar to an incident that had taken place in New Zealand in May this year when Harman Singh (22) had used his turban to save the life of a boy, who bled from the head after being hit by a car in Auckland.