OMG! Delhi cops nail-biting rescue by forming human chain to save couple trapped in fire in Paharganj; video inside

A fire broke out on the building's first floor in Delhi's Paharganj in which a married couple got trapped and a nail-biting rescue was done by Delhi police. Three Delhi policemen made a chain and dared to rescue a couple trapped on the first floor of the building at around 6 am on early Wednesday and saved them

The local police received a call about the fire in a street of Chuna Mandi in Paharganj around 6 am, a senior police officer said. The three policemen -- Manoj, Sandeep and Amit -- reached the spot as soon as they received the information.

The fire had started at the first floor, trapping people who were on upper floors as they were sleeping at the time, the officer said. As it was difficult to go upstairs to save the trapped people. Then they entered an adjacent building (Manoj and others broke its lock) and went upstairs.

A couple was seen crying for help, with the woman hanging from the grille of the building's balcony on the second floor.