&ldquo;I&rsquo;m no braveheart. I usually get scared very easily and tend to avert my gaze when fights break out, because I can&rsquo;t stand bloodshed. I have no idea what got into me that day. Allah gave me the strength to save the man&rsquo;s life,&rdquo; said Nasiruddin Mansuri (45) who overpowered a sword-wielding man and saved a Chembur shopkeeper&rsquo;s life on Tuesday night. (Read Story:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mid-day.com/articles/braveheart-comes-to-shopkeepers-aid-overpowers-sword-wielding-goon/16450165" target="_blank">Braveheart comes to shopkeeper's aid, overpowers sword-wielding goon</a>)
<img title="Nasiruddin Mansuri" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/aug/Nasiruddin-Mansuri-1.jpg" alt="Nasiruddin Mansuri" /> Nasiruddin Mansuri
&ldquo;In fact, while I wasn&rsquo;t thinking of anything at the time when I actually overpowered the goon, I couldn&rsquo;t sleep that night, because I was trembling thinking what could have happened had the man attacked me as well,&rdquo; added Mansuri.
<img title="Nasiruddin Mansuri yesterday and in action on Tuesday night" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/aug/Nasiruddin-Mansuri-2.jpg" alt="Nasiruddin Mansuri yesterday and in action on Tuesday night" /> Nasiruddin Mansuri yesterday and in action on Tuesday night
mid-day had reported yesterday how Rajnish Singh Thakur (36), a physically challenged shopkeeper was attacked with a sword on Tuesday night for daring to raise his voice against a group of druggies who used to extort money from nearly 200 shopkeepers on the threat of violence and arson.
His brother Manish had said that had it not been for a customer who stopped druggie Aslam Shaikh (28), and got him arrested, Rajnish would not have been alive.
Saving the oppressed We managed to track down the braveheart yesterday. Mansuri, a tailor who works in a garment company, had gone to the shop to get a recharge for his phone when Shaikh attacked Rajnish.
&ldquo;I had gone to the shop to get a recharge, when a man with a sword came out of nowhere and started slashing at the shopkeeper. I had no time to think. I just did what I felt at the time, which was to save a man from dying,&rdquo; said Mansuri.
&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know where I got that much strength from, because I think of myself as a coward and can&rsquo;t stand bloodshed. I feel the Almighty Allah helped me overpower the man. Islam teaches us to help the oppressed and stand up to oppressors. I think I did what should have been done. It was an act done in the heat of the moment,&rdquo; added Mansuri.
&lsquo;Eternally grateful&rsquo; The Thakurs, meanwhile, say they will be forever grateful to Mansuri and plan to felicitate him. &ldquo;We cannot repay Mansuri bhai for what he has done. We have seen the CCTV footage of how he overpowered the man without thinking of his own safety.
<img style="-webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px;" src="http://log.ventunotech.com/beacon/vtpixpc.gif?pid=1264&amp;pixelfrom=op" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /> <object id="ventuno_player" width="405" height="325" data="http://player.ventunotech.com/vtn_player_2.swf?vID=Njc0NTU5fHwxMjY0fHw0MTd8fDEsMiwx" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://player.ventunotech.com/vtn_player_2.swf?vID=Njc0NTU5fHwxMjY0fHw0MTd8fDEsMiwx" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allownetworking" value="all" /><param name="flashvars" value="muted=false&amp;autoPlay=false" /></object> He could have left the shop or could have sat in a corner, as he was just a customer, but he showed exemplary courage and saved my brother&rsquo;s life,&rdquo; said Manish Singh Thakur, the victim&rsquo;s brother.
&ldquo;We are waiting for my brother to get discharged from the hospital, after which we will felicitate Mansuri bhai and also give him a token of appreciation for his bravery and what he has done for us,&rdquo; added Manish.

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mid-day tracked down Nasiruddin Mansuri (45), a tailor by profession, who overpowered a sword-wielding goon and saved a shopkeeper's life in Chembur on Tuesday

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