5 terminally ill children take charge as B’luru Commissioner for a day

Team Udayavani, Sep 9, 2019, 4:19 PM IST

Bengaluru: As part of a special initiative by city police and ‘Make a Wish’ foundation, five terminally-ill children on Monday assumed command as Commissioner of Police for a day.

The five children namely- Ruthan Kumar, Mohammad Sahib, Sayed Imad, Shravani and Arfath Pasha were also given the customary guard of honour from police team as well as the Dog squad before assuming the charge of city’s Commissioner of Police.

Speaking on the issue, Bengaluru city Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao said, “We were approached by Make a Wish foundation a couple of days ago and got to know that the children wanted to visit a police station. We even gave them real guns and handcuffs, they were really excited”.

“BCP fulfilled the dreams of 05 children to be Police Commissioner for a day.@CPBlr Sri. Bhaskar Rao, IPS handed over the charge to the children and motivate them to overcome in their Critical medical conditions. BCP made their Dream Come True,” tweeted Bengaluru City police.

We, BCP fulfilled the dreams of 05 children to be Police Commissioner for a day.@CPBlr Sri. Bhaskar Rao, IPS handed over the charge to the children and motivate them to overcome in their Critical medical conditions. BCP made their Dream Come True. https://t.co/CIGmS5G4r6

— BengaluruCityPolice (@BlrCityPolice) September 9, 2019

“We work with small children who are battling life-threatening diseases. The children’s deepest wish was to become police officers. We are very happy that the police helped us today to fulfil the wishes of the little children,” sai Gangadhar from ‘Make-a-Wish’ foundation.