A little child was caught in a building set ablaze in a communal riot. What Constable Netresh Sharma did next filled the bruised town with compassion and hope. He told Brut exactly what happened that day...
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00:00The head constable's uniform had this mark on it, so I got it done with that girl's hands.
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00:28She was the mother of the child.
00:30She was scared because she had a child in her lap.
00:34She called out to someone to at least save my daughter.
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00:44I thought it was the right thing to do.
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00:58Her house was also half-burnt.
01:00She couldn't get out of there.
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01:06I went inside the house.
01:08I took the girl from the woman in my lap and brought her out.
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01:17They said, you're safe now, you can go.
01:20We have to save others too.
01:22We have to get some more refugees out of there.
01:24We have to control the situation.
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01:34The day I published my photo in the newspaper,
01:40he called me up and congratulated me on the phone.
01:46I also had dinner with the CM.
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02:07When I came back from training and got the post of head constable,
02:11I went to that girl first.
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02:22You have made the village proud.
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02:28My family was scared at first.
02:32My mother, my wife, everyone was scared.
02:40But after a few days, they said, you did a great job.
02:42I explained it to them.
02:44I said, this is my job.
02:46They understood that I did a great job.
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