Jammu and Kashmir police led by DGP Dilbag Singh on Tuesday (April 28, 2020) expressed their solidarity with fellow policemen, doctors, paramedic staff, municipal workers and other COVID-19 front-line workers.
Keeping social distancing norms and other protocols, the policemen attended the Solidarity Sammelan held at PHQ lawns and came in solidarity with the people combating the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
ADGPs, IGPs, SSPs, and other Jammu based government officials participated in the solidarity Sammelan.
Doctors, nurses, and other paramedics from Police Hospital Jammu also participated. The officers were holding placards in their hands on different themes including one for Punjab Police SI Harjit Singh whose hand was chopped off while on duty amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
Similar Samellans were held by all the district police and armed police units at their respective locations.
Continuing its efforts to reach out to the needy people, Police Station Karan Nagar in J & K distributed ration at Kaka Saraie and Gole Market among the poor and needy while Srinagar police distributed food items among the needy persons at their doorsteps in the SDPO Zakura area.
Srinagar police also on receiving information that a pregnant lady residing in the nearby area os under irresistible pain and needs immediate medical attention, SHO Nishat rushed to the spot and took the lady to L.D Hospital for medical treatment.
With 48 new cases in 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Jammu and Kashmir surged to 546 as of 5 PM IST on Tuesday while seven people have succumbed to the virus.