Surat’s traffic cop Ramsinh Saamad Surat: Surat’s traffic constable Ramsinh Saamad (Rabari) has been awarded the Uttam Jivan Raksha Padak, the second-highest honour by government of India for the life-saving act. He had saved a 30-year-old woman and her niece from drowning in the weir cum causeway on river Tapi on February 4, 2020. Besides Saamad, three other cops from Surat city have been awarded Police Medal for Meritorious Services. The list of the recipients was declared on eve of Republic Day on Monday. The cops will be awarded the medals later during a state-level function. On February 4, 2020, when Saamad was returning home from work, he saw two person drownings in the causeway. He jumped into the water and saved the two.