Cop donates 1-month salary to relief fund

Coimbatore: Five days ago, 36-year-old S Babu, a grade-1 constable with the rural armed reserve police, had visited the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital, where he saw several Covid-19 patients battling for life. The sight of their plight was something more than he could live with. And his conscience didn’t allow him to be a mere silent spectator. On Tuesday, he met district superintendent of police S Selvanagarathinamand and donated his one-month salary - Rs 34,474 - to the chief minister’s public relief fund for Covid-19.
Babu had donated his one-month salary to the chief minister’s Covid-19 relief fund last year as well.
“I noticed a lot of ambulances that were waiting at the hospital with Covid-19 patients, who were struggling without getting enough oxygen. So, I decided to donate my one-month salary to the chief minister’s public relief fund for Covid-19,” Babu, who has been working as a personal security officer to a Hindu outfit functionary for the past few months, told TOI.
He also requested the public not to come out on the streets without any purpose. “Many don’t know the value of people’s lives and don’t bother about others’ health. People should work with the government to contain the virus spread.”
A resident of Kalikkanaickenpatti village near Palani in Dindigul district, Babu is yet to get married. His father V Subramaniam, a retired constable, had died when Babu was just six years old, while his mother had died on April 27, 2019. Babu resides in the police quarters on the premises of the police recruitment school along with elder brother S Raja and his 20-year-old daughter R Bhuvana, 20. His family members are dependent on his monthly salary to make a living.