A brave police officer climbed scaffolding to rescue a crow that had become trapped.

Footage from December 30 shows the traffic officer Mr Suresh scaling the metal beams without any safety gear.

Suresh reached the bird and untied the wire that was wrapped around it. The crow then flew off.

In an act of extreme bravery, the courage of a traffic police was put on show when he was seen rescuing a crow stuck on a hoarding in southern India’s Karnataka.

The incident took place in Bengaluru city on December 30.

The traffic policeman, who is the Rajajinagar traffic head constable, Mr. Suresh HS, was seen in an instance where the policeman was climbing a tall hoarding without any safety gear after which he held the crow, untied the thread wrapped around it, and freed the crow to fly away.

The video of the internet has been making rounds on the internet owing to which the bravery and valor of the policeman was lauded. However, the incident has also raised questions about facilities and amenities provided to the police personnel and how they should be given sufficient protective and safety gear to make sure they don’t risk their lives while catering to social services.

There have been no reports about any injury caused to the traffic police constable owing to his act of courage.