Corona warrior Noopur Bishnoi

Gaurav Kanthwal

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, May 10

Mahila Police Station, Sector-5, Panchkula, is at the forefront of exemplifying the force’s motto of Sewa Suraksha Sahyog (Service Security Cooperation).

The all-women police station with 30 personnel is also at the forefront in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic.

It suffered a setback when, in the line of duty, one constable tested positive and five others were quarantined but bounced back in no time as the cops are preparing for a long haul ahead.

“The patient has been admitted in Civil Hospital, Kurukshtera, and five other have been quarantined. The cops are alert, taking all precautions and functioning as usual,” said Noopur Bishnoi, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Panchkula.

“We are discouraging people to visit police station for minor cases or things which can wait. Our priority is primarily on urgent cases. We have drawn a perimeter in the police station and the public is not allowed to go beyond a point. Those who have to come inside are being dealt from a room where the staff sits inside and public dealing is done through a window,” she added.

The cops do not stop after the official duty hours, they have been feeding the needy in this time of despair. For close to one month, the constables at the police station have been running a special kitchen where 300 to 500 packets of food is prepared for the people stuck in the lockdown.

Recently, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar lauded their effort in a tweet: “I salute all the personnel of Mahila Police Station, Panchkula for dedicating their post duty hours to help the needy.”

On Mothers’ Day (May 10) most of the families celebrated the occasion in the comfort of their homes, the cops, however, were occupying the trenches. “We are way too pre-occupied with other things. Everybody feels the celebrations can wait for a while,” she said.

There have been reports from across the country that during the lockdown domestic violence cases have gone up substantially but the Haryana Police Service officer said, “Nothing like that here. There is no alarming change I have noticed, just routine cases. Maybe, its more of a whatsapp thing.”