India, Feb. 8 -- The 58-year-old police inspector who died while trying to save people after a swing collapsed at Surajkund fair in Faridabad received a Police Medal by the Haryana governor in 2019-2020. Jagdish Prasad, who joined the Haryana Armed Police in 1989, was about to retire in March and was on-duty at the time of the incident.

At least 13 people were injured, and the police inspector was killed after a swing tilted around 6 pm on Saturday and collapsed to the ground in Faridabad's Surajkund Craft Fair.

The police inspector was trying to rescue those trapped in the swing but received injuries that led to his death. Two women constables were also injured in the rescue operation.

One of Jagdish Prasad's brothers said that they r...