PORTRAIT OF A POLICEMAN AS A PUJARI

Mr Rakesh Kumar, 56, is an assistant sub-inspector at Delhi Police. But, he is now busy with a new rota. As the Covid pandemic rages in Delhi, he has been performing the last rites of Covid-victims at Lodi Road Cremation ground in New Delhi. The policeman’s family is in full support of his new duty. They even postponed the marriage of a daughter to let the Father of the Bride to fulfil his commitment to society.

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