A young Sikh man is being widely praised for his selfless act of unravelling his turban to save the life of a seriously injured woman near Awantipora in Indian administered Kashmir last week.
20-year-old Manjeet Singh from the Dawar region instantly removed his turban and used it as a band-aid to plug the wounds of an unidentified woman who was lying on the road in a pool of blood.
The 45-year-old accident victim was reportedly left with serious leg injuries after she was hit by a truck that sped away leaving her abandoned on the middle of the road.
When no one came to her rescue, Mr Singh quickly used his turban to prevent further blood loss from the woman’s leg until help arrived. His quick thinking saved the woman’s life.
“I could not resist using my turban. Anyone in my place would have done what I did,” Mr Singh was quoted as saying by.
Mr Singh works as a daily wager at a local agriculture university in place of his deceased father and is the sole bread-winner of his family of modest means.
A turban is worn by Sikhs to protect the Kesh (uncut hair), one of the five articles of faith in Sikhism and cannot be taken off in public.
In May 2015, an international Sikh student in New Zealand was hailed as a hero across the globe for using his turban to cradle the head of an injured five-year-old accident victim in South Auckland.
