Overview
- An RPF assistant sub‑inspector, D. Naresh, pulled 53‑year‑old D. Chandraiah out of the gap between the platform and the Godavari Express as the train began departing Platform No. 1 on Saturday evening.
- Chandraiah, a resident of Kotapalli in Mancherial district, had missed his coach while travelling with family and slipped while trying to board the moving Train No. 12728.
- Station CCTV recorded the rescue and media outlets published the footage, which corroborates the RPF account of the sequence and timing of events.
- RPF officials said the action was carried out under Operation Jeevan Raksha, senior officers publicly praised Naresh, and Chandraiah was later put on the next available train to Mancherial with no reported injuries.
- The incident highlights the persistent danger of boarding or alighting from moving trains and underscores how station CCTV and on‑duty RPF protocols can avert serious harm.