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Chandy offers job to family of man who died in rescue act

Trivandrum - Auto driver P. Naushad died in his bid to save the lives of two cleaning workers from Andhra Pradesh.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has offered a government job to the family of auto driver P. Naushad, who died in his bid to save the lives of two cleaning workers from Andhra Pradesh, who died of asphyxiation during a maintenance work in a sewer in Calicut city on Thursday.
He announced the relief after visiting the deceased's wife and mother at their house at Vengeri in the city on Friday. Chandy said that the state government will also extend financial assistance to the family.
The chief minister said that the government will also bear the expenses involved in taking the bodies of the two migrant workers to Amaravathi in AP.
Naushad, 32, who was working in Gulf, had returned to the state a year ago and took up the auto driver's job for his living. Naushad was having tea from a nearby tea stall after a trip when the mishap occurred at Palayam.
When Naushad saw the two migrant workers falling into the manhole, he rushed to the spot and extended his hand to one of them. He fell into the manhole while trying to lift one and met his death.

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