Amid 21-day national lockdown, a young police constable has inspired many by walking 450km from his native place in Uttar Pradesh and reported to his police station in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.
The incident has been reported from Pachore police station in Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh.He reported to duty on Sunday where he was felicitated by senior officers for his committed effort to reach back to his thana despite odds.
Sharma was felicitated by Superintendent of Police Pradip Sharma on Sunday.Constable Digvijay Sharma had left for his home town Etawah in UP on March 16 to appear in graduation exams and was to report back to duty on March 24.
However, as the lockdown was announced in between, he could not find any means of transport to return back to his thana. The young man had developed heavy swelling in his legs due to his long walk.However, this did not deter the young constable to miss his duty and he started walking towards Madhya Pradesh. “I got lifts at times by commuters and remaining distance I covered on foot,” Sharma said upon his return to Pachore on Saturday.
Mostly Sharma continued his foot march hungry as nothing much was available in the way to eat due to lockdown, a communique from MP police said.
