This Woman Cop Went Beyond the Call of Duty to Feed Hungry Children

A woman cop in Odisha has softened the image of strict and ruthless police officials and set an example for others by her care and compassion proffered to four young, hungry, underprivileged children in Odisha’s Angul district. Angul Police Station IIC Smrutiprabha Pradhan came to know about the unfortunate condition of the four children from her sources. The children belong to Kusumita village in Baradapal panchayat. It was hard to make ends meet, so the children’s father migrated to Surat to earn a living and is working as a labourer there. The kids’ mother deserted them and eloped with another man. The responsibility of looking after the kids fell on the grandfather. It is the poor grandfather who works hard and takes care of the children, but sometimes he fails to earn and the siblings go to bed hungry. The woman cop was overcome with motherly love and compassion on hearing about the family’s plight. She visited the children and offered them food. The children stared at her but happily ate all the food. At that moment, she was no less than a mother to them. While people have a sense of fear and for police officials, this extraordinary act of the woman cop commands respect and praise.