JAIPUR: Twelve-year-old Ranu Kumari, a hearing and speech impaired girl, was more cheerful on Saturday morning unlike the regular study day at Anandi Lal Poddar School.
Since she was told that senior police officers who visited the school last year to get Rakhi tied on their wrists from students will visit again, she was excited. Finally, like her hundreds of girl students were elated when they found senior police officers of Jaipur police commissionerate arrived at their school and participated in Rakshabandhan celebration with them.
Ranu Kumari, a student of Class VI, was asked to come up by her interpreter and was directed to tie the Rakhi to commissioner of police Sanjay Agarwal. Like her other girls who brought glittering Rakhis also did their part by playing the role of a sister to the police officers varying from additional commissioner of police (Crime) Prafful Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (headquarters) Gaurav Srivastav, deputy commissioner of police (East) Kunwar Rastradeep and other senior officers.
They were all happy when the police officers also gifted them pens and some sweets. “Last year, when it was started Jaipur police promised to make it a regular affair. I am glad they kept their promise alive. All the students were very happy. Like last year, they took them for picnic at Nahargarh Park this time students were promised to be taken at Amber Fort,” said Yogendra Singh Naruka, in-charge, Seth Anandi Lal Deaf and Dumb Senior Secondary School said.