Chandigarh: People in khaki fought the virus valiantly
The pandemic allowed the gap between the police and the general public to be bridged
Updated: December 29, 2020 9:16:03 am
Inspector Narinder Patial at Bapu Dham Colony, which saw the most number of coronavirus cases (Express Photo)
The Year of the coronaviruspandemic has not been easy on the men and women in khaki. They not only enforced the Covid-19 protocol in the Tricity, but also battled the virus.
Constable Suman Kumari, one of the first UT police officer deputed on the frontline, was also the first to get infected with this virus on May 12. Since then, almost 197 police personnel including one IPS officer, four Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP), 37 Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASIs), five sub inspectors, four inspectors, 36 head constables (HCs) and 103 constables have contracted the coronavirus while performing their duty.