Lucknow, March 22 : A 26-year-old RPF constable, used her experience at a private clinic to save the newborn and the mother, who were lying helpless for nearly half-an-hour in the lavatory of a train.

The RPF constable, Kumari Sona, belongs to Mathura district and had earlier worked at a private clinic.

The incident took place on Tuesday evening in a train headed towards Rourkela, Odisha.

The woman passenger had delivered the baby in the lavatory. The infant was not breathing but after Sona's intervention, the infant started breathing.