IPS officer helps people fight Covid-19

An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer has been trying to help people in his own way to fight these difficult times arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Karuna Sagar, Director Modernisation, Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), Delhi, has been supporting the people of Jehanabad (Bihar) from where he belongs to, through different means, be it food items or masks or sanitizers.

“It’s like going back to my roots. Jehanabad has been my ‘karm bhoomi’. Though I have been involved in social activities there for a long time, I thought I should do more during these difficult times. I got in touch with the District Magistrate (DM) and the Red Cross Society to execute relief measures,” he said while speaking to The Daily Guardian.

 Besides distributing masks, Sagar, with the help of Reliance Foundation, got 400 food packets, containing dry ration, distributed in Jehanabad. At his initiative, Star Health Insurance, Chennai, gave Rs 4.12 lakh for distribution of 500 packets of food grains in Jehanbad.  

 Sagar, a 1991-batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre was born in Dhamaul village, under Dhamarua block of Patna district, which is on the Patna-Gaya Road and close to Jehanabad. While he was posted in Tamil Nadu, he got a temple constructed by artisan of Madurai in the South Indian style.

He has been engaged in different social activities like distribution of clothes and blankets in winters. During floods, he arranged two containers of relief materials which were distributed to the people through the Red Cross Society. He is also arranging kits for carpenters who have returned to Jehanabad during the lockdown.