Moved by auto-rickshaw driver trying to pay fine from son’s piggy bank, Nagpur cop pays it from his own pocket

Tribune Web Desk

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Chandigarh, August 16

Good things can still happen in the midst of chaos.

Ajay Malviya, a senior police inspector with the Nagpur City Police, was moved when he saw an auto driver using his son’s savings to pay a fine of Rs 2,000 to free his vehicle.  Moved, the police inspector decided to pay the amount out of his own pocket.

म्हणाला. तेंव्हा वाहतूक विभागाचे वपोनी अजयकुमार मालवीय यांनी त्याचा चालानचा दंड स्वतः भरून त्याच्या लहान मुलाचे गुल्लक मधून काढलेले संपूर्ण पैसे परत केले.सदरचे कुटुंब साश्रुनयनांनी ऑटो सह घरी आनंदात गेले.(2/2) pic.twitter.com/iz2LB2oo0j

— Nagpur City Police (@NagpurPolice) August 13, 2021

The driver had reportedly parked his vehicle in a no-parking zone, for which he was issued a challan of Rs 200. He also had earlier unpaid fines for which the total amounted to Rs 2,000, as he did not pay the fine, his autorickshaw was seized.

To pay the fine, he bought coins to the police station to which was noticed by senior inspector Ajay Malviya.  Noticing the plastic bag of coins in his hand, Malviya returned the boy’s money and paid the fine himself.