New Delhi: The area near the Red Fort metro station descended in chaos after a car exploded Monday evening. Tourists were stranded in an unknown area, with little or no sense of their direction. But local rickshaw pullers and shopkeepers rose to the occasion amid panic and mayhem and transported hundreds of people to safety.

An auto driver, a shopkeeper, an employee at a street food stall became heroes in their own right, putting other people’s safety over themselves.

“When the blast happened, people started running toward the opposite side, near Chandni Chowk market. There were hundreds, even thousands,” rickshaw-puller Mohammad Jamal Jamal told ThePrint. Show Full Article

But he did the opposite. He ran to help. The 50-year old ferried around 60 panicked people to safety.

The 50-yea

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