APARNA: POLICEWOMAN LOANS BANGLE TO BE PAWNED FOR RELEASING DEAD BODY FROM HOSPITAL
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| Aparna, Chityan House, Koranody, Varantharappilly, Thrissur |
‘Lending’ handcuffs to criminals is a task that police is more familiar with. And so Constable Aparna’s act of removing the gold bangle from her wrist and loaning it to a murdered woman’s relatives to get the dead body released from a private hospital is noteworthy.
Usha, victim of a stabbing attack, had died in a private hospital after four days. Being a murder, Aparna was duty-bound to gather the case sheet. On enquiry, the doctor informed that the dead body cannot be released as the relatives had not settled the hospital bill. On the intervention of the Circle Inspector, the hospital authorities relented to let go with Rs.20000, being 50% of the bill amount.
But Aparna could see that the relatives were struggling to gather even that much. She knew that delay in payment would mean postponement of postmortem to another day. It was then that she offered her gold bangle to be pawned for meeting the purpose. The upright relatives at first refused to accept her magnanimity but later agreed. They got the required amount and were able to get the postmortem done.
Though lacking in monetary resources, the relatives were keen to return the bangle to Aparna with the least delay. By the time she had reached the bus stop after the postmortem, they came searching for her and handed over the gold bangle.
Aparna’s act became a cause celebre with the media and even Government pouring in their appreciation. In the midst of all that attention, she is happy to note that the family of the deceased women too has been the focus of much media-generated generosity.
“The other day these relatives came to see me. They offered me five laddus. They couldn’t afford to buy one more. With an overflowing heart I accepted their offering,” says Aparna.
Courtesy:
Deepa Das (text), Mathrubhumi, September 14, 2008
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