Constable does his bit, donates a month’s salary to CMPRF 

Babu is a Grade-I constable with the District Armed Reserve

18/04/2020 , R. Akileish, Coimbatore 


 
Act of kindness: S. Babu, right, hands over a month’s salary to Superintendent of Police Sujit Kumar on Friday.

A Grade-I constable with the District Armed Reserve on Friday donated a month’s salary to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund for the fight against COVID-19 here on Friday.

S. Babu handed over a demand draft worth ₹25,788 to District Superintendent of Police Sujit Kumar on Friday morning. “Ever since the lockdown was announced, I wanted to contribute something,” Mr. Babu told The Hindu over phone, referring to the plights of migrant workers and others affected by the lockdown.

A helping hand

The 35-year-old joined the Armed Reserve in 2008, and worked in Chennai and Palani, before ending up at the Coimbatore District Armed Reserve. He was recently promoted as a Grade-I constable. “I was on duty for 15 days in Mettupalayam,” he said. There, he was deployed in COVID-19 containment zones. He returned to the city on Wednesday.

“We do not know what is going to happen because of this [COVID-19]. So I decided to help the people and the government in whatever way I could,” he added.