Bengaluru, April 1 -- In a moment where seconds made the difference between life and death, a Bengaluru head constable's swift action turned a suicide attempt into a story of survival, underscoring the power of timely human intervention.

Head Constable Sridhar Murthy, attached to Yelahanka Police Station, rescued a 38-year-old man from railway tracks near RMZ Galleria just five minutes before an oncoming train, responding to a control room alert while on Cheetah patrol recently.

Locating the man in an intoxicated and distressed state on the tracks, Murthy acted without hesitation, pulling him to safety and preventing what could have been a fatal incident. Beyond the rescue, he also counselled the individual, offering immediate emotional s...