Nandi Hills (Karnataka): On Sunday evening, the Indian Air Force and Chikkaballapur Police rescued a 19-year-old student who had fallen 300 feet from a steep cliff onto a rocky ledge in Nandi Hills, Karnataka.
Nishank was rescued by the Air Force using a Mi17 helicopter. Nandi Hills (Karnataka): On Sunday evening, the Indian Air Force and Chikkaballapur Police rescued a 19-year-old student who had fallen 300 feet from a steep cliff onto a rocky ledge in Nandi Hills, Karnataka.
Nishank was rescued by the Air Force using a Mi17 helicopter.
"The District Collector of Chikballabpur contacted Air Force Station Yelahanka with an SOS message about a young trekker who was stuck in Bramhagiri Rocks in Nandi Hills after slipping and falling 300 feet below," said PRO Defence.

"A Mi17 helicopter was immediately launched, and after a thorough search and with the assistance of local police on the ground, it was able to locate the stranded and immobile victim. Because the terrain was too dangerous for a landing, the Flight Gunner of the Mi17 was lowered by winch next to the survivor. The flight gunner assisted the survivor is safely harnessing and winching up."
The survivor was attended to by the onboard Air Force medical assistant while the helicopter flew him to Air Force Station Yelahanka, from which he was taken to the nearest Civil hospital. Recently, the Indian Army rescued a youth who was stuck in a steep gorge in Kerala's Malampuzha mountains.