Retired cop in Madhya Pradesh donates his pension savings

KANPUR: In a heart-warming gesture, a 76-year-old retired

Madhya Pradesh

police, personnel walked into the tehsildar’s in Ghatampur area of the district to hand over a cheque amounting to Rs 1 lakh from his pension savings to fight against coronavirus.


Police personnel

Ram Avatar Singh

, handed the cheque to

tehsildar Vijay Yadav

as a contribution towards the CM’s Relief Fund on Wednesday. To recall, the government has appealed to the people to contribute in the fund to fight against Covid-19.

"Seventy-six year old Ram Avtar, retired as a constable from state armed police of Madhya Pradesh, and a resident of Kohra village in Sajeti area of the district, donated his entire savings to his village head in the war against the dreaded Covid -19 pandemic," said tehsildar Vijay Yadav.