Hyderabad man helps save 2 women trampled by the crowd

What should have been a spiritually enriching experience at the Kumbh Mela turned into a harrowing ordeal for G Satyanarayana Murthy (55), a graphic designer from Hyderabad. Amid the chaos of a deadly stampede Wednesday, Murthy found himself not just a witness to the chaos but emerged a hero: He saved two women who had been trampled by the crowd, risking his own safety to pull them out from beneath the surge of pilgrims. Speaking to TOI over the phone, Murthy recalled how it took his group a gruelling eight hours to cover just a kilometre-long stretch from the Snan to their tents, a journey that should have taken only a few minutes.