A 36-year-old woman delivered her baby on a crowded footpath in Dongri moments after two women constables a to help her, prompting a dramatic rescue by the Dongri police team. As the woman screamed in labour, Beat Marshal Sunil Khadse ran to fetch gloves, cloth, and help, but by the time he returned, the baby had already been born. The team quickly stabilised mother and child, and rushed them to JJ Hospital, where doctors confirmed they were out of danger.

Police Constable Sunil Khadse, who witnessed the tense minutes unfold, told mid-day that the woman was in extreme pain when the first officers reached her. “Two women constables were already helping her when I arrived. They urgently needed gloves and cloth, so I ran to bring them. But by the time I came back with the gloves and a local woman who agreed to assist, the delivery had already happened on the footpath,” Khadse said.