A mosque imam in Assam used the mosque loudspeaker at dawn to raise an alarm that ultimately saved seven lives after a vehicle plunged into a pond.
The incident occurred early Tuesday in Sribhumi district when a car lost control on the National Highway, skidded off the road and crashed into a waterbody.
The passengers, most of whom were asleep, found themselves trapped as the vehicle began sinking with its windows shut.
Upon hearing the sudden crash, Maulana Abdul Basit, Imam of Jama Masjid and a teacher at Mirabari Madrasa, immediately turned to the mosque’s microphone to alert the community.
He called on residents to rush for help, a local resident told NDTV.
The appeal sparked a swift response. Villagers hurried to the site and launched a rescue effort, eventually pulling all seven passengers out of the submerged vehicle.
“I noticed the car’s lights glowing under the water and realised we had to act without delay,” Basit said, The Observer Post reported.
He added that his actions were driven purely by humanity: “We did not think about religion. Saving lives was all that mattered.”
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