The subject
matter of this post – a photo at that could be cinematic, rather a straight
lift of what you could see in a movie ! – a Salute
at that. We need to salute the Police
for their exemplary work, especially in the peak of Corona wave. The
Chennai city police commissioner’s
office functioned in Egmore till 2013
before moving to newer premises at Poonamallee High Road. The Egmore building was, for long, a bungalow
in a paddy field. The property reportedly was bought by Arunagiri Mudaliar for Rs.
36,000. On May 1, 1842, the police moved into the bungalow from their
headquarters in Vepery for a monthly rent of Rs. 165.
We read about law and order problems every day. Twelve Bangladeshi nationals were arrested at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala recently after they were caught with fake Aadhar Cards. They entered India illegally through the border in Tripura. They were arrested when they had arrived at the airport in order to fly to Chennai. As per reports, the Bangladeshis have confessed during interrogation that they entered India illegally. The fake Aadhar Cards were detected by the Indigo staff when they went to collect their boarding staff for their Indigo flight from Agartala to Chennai via Guwahati. They were apprehended by the security personnel at the airport before being handed over to the Police. The Bangladeshis collected their fake Aadhar cards from individuals in Sonamura subdivision of Sipahijala district. Tripura Police is reported to have initiated an investigation into the matter in order to bust the fake Aadhar card racket.
In an unrelated
incident in Tamil Nadu - a 19-year-old girl murdered a 26-year-old man who
allegedly tried to rape her at knife point in Sholavaram police station limits
in Tiruvallur district. According to
police, the girl from Tiruvallur had come to visit her aunt living in
Sholavaram. When she went to the toilet near a horse stable adjacent to her
aunt's house in the evening, Ajith alias Killi Ajith intercepted her. Inebriated,
he allegedly sexually harassed her and tried to rape her at knife point. The woman reacted and in the melee killed the
crime perpetrator in an act of defence. It
is stated that she may not be arrested and would be left free as this was in
self-defence.
In a bizarre
incident, a 31-year-old doctor, who was heavily intoxicated, stole a police
vehicle after they caught him in a drink and drive case. According to the
reports, the incident took place in the wee hours of Monday on Harrington Road,
Chennai. The accused currently practises at a private hospital in
the city. The incident occurred on Sunday near Kilpauk in Chennai. The Chennai
Police stopped the doctor, who was driving under the influence of alcohol
heavily. Initially, the police asked him to blow into the device, however, he
refused to blow into the device and tried to drive past by showing his hospital
identity card. However, the police insisted that he blow into the breathalyser,
which showed that he was driving under the influence of alcohol. The police reportedly asked the doctor to
return home by hiring an auto because his vehicle was seized. The doctor, who
initially left to his residence, came back and picked up an argument with the
police, demanding that his vehicle be handed back. When police officers
refused, Ganesh drove away with a police patrol vehicle; then rammed the police
vehicle into an autorickshaw, also injuring three persons.
Now to
the salute .. that transpired in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati brought tears to the
eyes of not only a father-daughter duo working in the state police force, but
also to all those who witnessed the heart-warming incident. It was a proud
moment for Circle Inspector Y Shyam Sundar when he saluted his daughter,
Yendluru Jessy Prasanthi, who is presently posted as the Deputy Superintendent
of Police (DSP) of Guntur district. Both are in Tirupati to attend the Andhra
Pradesh State Police Duty Meet titled ‘Ignite’, being held there from January 4
to 7.
Speaking to TNM,
the Guntur DSP said she wasn’t very comfortable when she noticed her father
saluting her. “This is the first time that we met on duty. I wasn’t very
comfortable with him saluting me, after all he’s my father. I asked him not to
salute me, but it happened. I also returned the salute,” she said. The DSP who hails from the 2018 batch, came
face-to-face with her father for the first time while on duty ever since she
joined the department. “My father is my major inspiration. I’ve grown up seeing
him serving the people relentlessly. He has helped many people in whatever way
he could. That’s what made me choose this department. I have a very positive
outlook towards the department,” the DSP shared.
A similar situation
was witnessed in 2018 in the neighbouring Telugu state when former Deputy
Commissioner of Police AR Uma Maheshwara Sarma saluted his daughter Sindhu
Sarma, who was posted as the Superintendent of Police in Telangana’s Jagtial
district. Sindhu is a 2014 batch Indian Police Service officer. The daughter
and father had come face-to-face while on duty for a public meeting organised
by the TRS in the outskirts of Hyderabad. A photo of the touching moment of the
father saluting the daughter had gone viral back then.
Interesting !
5.1.2021.
Nice.
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