Kerala cops’ compassionate acts win hearts

Kochi: In a touching display of compassion, Civil Police Officer M A Arya from Kochi Women's Police Station breastfed a hungry four-month-old baby while the infant's ailing mother was hospitalised nearby. Officer Arya, a mother of a nine-month-old herself, stepped forward to breastfeed the crying baby of a Patna resident undergoing treatment in the ICU of Ernakulam General Hospital.

The ailing Patna resident's four children, left with no one to care for them, were brought to the Kochi City Women's Station for assistance on Thursday.

According to the police, the family had been staying in Kerala for quite some time. They said that the Patna woman's husband is currently in jail in connection with a case.

While police personnel in the station pitched in to provide food for the three older children, Arya went above and beyond her call of duty by offering breast milk to feed the youngest one.

The city police praised Arya's deed.

The children were later shifted to a childcare home, ensuring their well-being in a more suitable environment, a statement issued by the police said.

The police also shared a picture capturing the moment when the officer comforted the baby. 

In yet another novel gesture, Jinson John, a civil police officer in Oonnukal gave a new lease of life to a mentally challenged migrant worker who was found lying in a waiting shed in the village in a deplorable condition. 

The civil police officer, upon the instruction of SHO Ratheesh Gopal, provided new clothes to the abandoned worker. The migrant worker literally underwent a makeover, after he was made to take a bath. His long hair was cut short by the friendly cop. Arrangements have been made to shift the labourer to a shelter home in Koovappady. Jinson John is a native of Kaloor.

With PTI inputs