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Free education arranged for heroic youngster
A 15-year-old girl has been rewarded for saving five people from drowning, official sources from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's office said yesterday.
- IANS
- Published: 23:04 September 15, 2007
Patna: A 15-year-old girl has been rewarded for saving five people from drowning, official sources from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's office said yesterday.
"Nitish Kumar ordered Purnea District Magistrate to arrange free education for her," official sources said.
Farzana - a school dropout - rescued a woman, three children and a man on Thursday, when a boat carrying nearly a dozen people capsized in the flooded Panar river in Purnea district.
"Farzana jumped into the river without wasting time, after she heard them cry for help," said Jamil Ahmad, her proud father.
Farzana learnt swimming at a very young age, Ahmad said.
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