Everyone was running helter-skelter for their lives. But a woman braving all the odds went to a wounded police officer’s rescue.
The mother in Jharna Begum rose in empathy when she saw Jahangir Alam, in-charge of Upashahar police camp, lying on the highway, bleeding copiously.
Without shuddering much at the scene she first tried to stop the bleeding from his head.
The situation was more frightening as she found no-one around who could come forward with a helping hand.
She took care of Jahangir as much as she could and managed to take him to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
Jharna, the 25-year-old mother of a son and a daughter, told a daily newspaper on the RMCH premises, “It is natural that humans will stand by humans in times of danger.
“I did it for the sake of humanity,” she said, adding that she had earlier stood by people in danger.
Describing the level of injury Jahangir suffered in the attack by Shibir men, she said, “Humans having conscience cannot do such heinous acts.”
She waited at the hospital until Jahangir’s relatives went there to take care of him.