Andhra constable carries elderly devotees on his back after they faint during Tirupati trek
Lauding his gesture, the official Twitter handle of the Andhra Pradesh police shared a picture of Arshad carrying the elderly pilgrim. Arshad walked over 6 km to get the woman medical aid. Updated: December 28, 2020 7:56:04 pm
The incident took place on December 23, when Arshad was on security duty on the pilgrim route.
An Andhra Pradesh constable went beyond his call of duty and carried two elderly devotees on his back after they fainted while walking to the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara in Tirupati. An image of Police Special Party constable Sheikh Arshad carrying a 58-year-old Mangi Nageswaramma on his back has gone viral on social media.
AP Constable Carries Tirumala Pilgrim On His Back, Walks 6 Kms Uphill Dec 24, 2020, 13:12 IST
TIRUPATI/RAJAMPETA: In a heart-warming incident, a Muslim constable carried a sick female pilgrim on his back for six kilometres on the Tirumala hill and had her admitted in a hospital near Rajampeta in Chittoor district on Tuesday.
As per reports Nageshwaramma (58) a devotee who was walking up the Annamayya margam to have a darshan of Lord Venkateshwara Swamy, had fainted midway due to high blood pressure.
The path which abuts the Alipiri walking path at point where the Annamacharya margam commences from and drops closer to Mokala mettu about 1/3 the distance from the top of Tirumala shrine. As she was waiting there for help, a Special Police Party, which was on duty on the hill came there. Since it was a long way, and there was no other means of transportation a constable named Sheikh Arshad picked her up and carried the woman on his back to the nearest road point.