Rajkot: The road at Madhapar Chowkadi wore a deserted look. More than the curfew orders, the biting cold acted as a deterrent factor that forced the commuters to stay indoors in Rajkot on Sunday night.
Apart from police vehicles patrolling the roads and stray dogs barking at them, no living being was visible.
“The atmosphere was gloomy and dark. We had stopped our van at Madhapar Chowkadi. Suddenly, we saw an MUV arrive. Five persons alighted from it. There was a man, his wife and three toddlers. It was apparent that they had not violated the curfew orders on purpose,” said A K Vala, inspector with Gandhigram police station.
“As the man and his wife picked up their children and started to walk, we went up to them. The man said that he and his family had gone to Jamnagar from where they returned to Rajkot and that they wanted to go to their residence near Bapa Sitaram Chowk on Raiya Road,” narrated Vala.
“We realized that during the curfew, no means of transportation was available and leaving the family in that condition would be nothing short of leaving it in the lurch. Hence, I decided to send the family to its home in our PCR van,” said Vala, who had forgotten to ask the names of the man and his family members.
At a time when the image of police is all about baton wielding, brow beating cops, the Rajkot police showed their humane face and became Good Samaritans for those in need.