Sikh men use turbans as rope to save drowning boys

Chandigarh: Ignoring their strict religious protocol, two young Sikh men took off their turbans to help rescue a group of boys swept away in a river. Trying to immerse Ganesh idols at the Sular Ghat in Punjab, the boys were caught in the strong currents of the water. Inderpal Singh, who was standing there watching the idol immersion, soon reached out to rescue. “I had no time to think and quickly removed my turban and threw it at the drowning boys and pulled them in.” Followed by Kanwaljit Singh, who was on the other side of the bank. Kanwal admitted he considered jumping into the water to save the boys, “But I cannot swim. So I removed my turban and used it.”