'I owe my life to the villagers'

GREATER NOIDA: Devender Singh, a police constable from Meerut who was grievously injured in the clash between the police and farmers in Bhatta Parsaul village, owes his life to the three villagers who saved his life and helped him escape from the area.
Constable Devender Sigh had been called on duty at the last minute to Bhatta Parsaul and got caught in exchange of fire between the police and the farmers.He was then overpowered by the villagers in the confusion that followed after the district magistrate, Deepak Aggarwal, was shot. Singh recalled, "I was surrounded by the villagers who snatched my rifle and my wallet from me. Then they beat me on the head repeatedly with a bamboo stick. After the third blow, my helmet broke but they didn't stop and kept hitting me on the head and then I collapsed."
"I was on the ground and I could see some villagers with a revolver near me. Others were coming towards me with a bamboo stick that had a knife attached at the end. It was at this moment that I thought I was going to die. But three villagers stopped them and convinced them to spare me life," said Singh.
Singh said that these three villagers not only convinced the others to spare his life but also helped him escape to a nearby village where they did the first aid on his head. "I was bleeding profusely and there was no way that I could have made it on my own. These villagers gave me water and made sure that I received some sort of medical attention," said Singh, who is currently admitted in Kailash Hospital in Noida. He has 18 stitches on his head and numerous other injuries. The doctors said that even though he was currently out of danger, had he not received immediate medical attention he wouldn't have made it.
Singh, who has no illusions about the fact that he owes his life to the villagers of Bhatta Parsaul, said that he would like to thank them if he gets the chance. "I don't blame them, not even the ones who hit me and almost killed me. They must have had their reasons, they were doing what they thought was right and I was doing my duty".