Coimbatore: In a kind gesture, a police officer with the E1 Singanallur police station has offered to pay the house rent of an aged couple living in the neighbourhood.
Starved and desperate, 85-year-old Kandhasamy and 70-year-old Subbalakshmi had approached the Singanallur police in March after they could not reach their son, who was supporting them.
Cops introduced them to Aathma Trust, which immediately bought them some groceries and a gas cylinder. It continued to support them every month since then.
On Thursday afternoon, the trust handed them over groceries and rice for two months to the couple through the Singanallur police. When they handed over the groceries, station inspector Rajkumar immediately stepped forward and said he would bear the couple’s monthly rent of Rs 1,000 from this month.