11 year old braveheart jumped thrice into Brahmaputra to save mother, aunt
GUWAHATI, Sept 06: Eleven-year-old Kamal Kishore Das braved the strong current of a swollen Brahmaputra river and put his life in danger by jumping into it thrice within 20 minutes even after safely reaching the bank, to save his mother and aunt.
His only regret—he could not save a woman and her child even after pulling them to safety. "I had just pulled out my mother and my aunt when I saw a woman with burka and a child in her arms struggling to stay afloat. I jumped again into the water and pulled both of them to the concrete slabs of the pillars of a water reservoir on the river. Unfortunately, the child slipped into the water from the woman’s hands and was swiftly swept away by the river. The woman too jumped into the river and I saw her being swept away into the river before I could take another jump," Kamal told TOI.
Kamal, a class VI student of St Anthony’s School at North Guwahati, was returning home along with his mother and aunt after dropping his grandmother at her home in Guwahati when the ill-fated country boat they were riding capsized and sank in the Brahmaputra river, which is in spate.
“When the boat hit the pillars of the water reservoir and started sinking, my mother asked me to take off my shoes and swim to the bank. I did and reached the bank. I then realized that my mother and my aunt were not with me. I jumped back into the river and started swimming in the place where the accident happened. I saw my mother. She does not know swimming and was struggling in the water. I caught her by her hair and thought the hairs would come off and immediately held her by her hand and pulled her towards the pillars,” Kamal said.
Along with Kamal and his mother, there were many other survivors who had managed to swim to the pillar and cling on to it for life. “Suddenly I saw a woman at a distance who looked like my aunt and she too was struggling to stay afloat. I took another jump and pulled her to the pillar.
Courtesy: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Indian national stabbed to death in Canada
Ottawa, (PTI): An Indian national was stabbed to death near Canada's Ottawa city and police have taken one suspect in custody, the Indian mission in the country said.
The High Commission of India in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, said the incident happened in Rockland. It did not identify the victim.
"We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of an Indian national in Rockland near Ottawa due to a stabbing. Police have stated a suspect has been taken into custody," The High Commission posted on X on Friday.
"We are in close contact through a local community association to provide all possible assistance to the bereaved kin," it said.
According to CTV News, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said a shooting incident happened near Lalonde Street in Rockland just before 3 pm on Friday.
The site is roughly 40 kilometres east of downtown Ottawa.
Police have not yet said what charges the person in custody faces, the report said.
OPP said there is no concern for public safety.
“As we are just in the early stages of the investigation, there is no further information that can be provided,” the CTV News quoted OPP as saying.
