Gautam Gambhir pledges to help the family of Delhi Police constable who died due to COVID-19

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: May 8, 2020 04:07 PM2020-05-08T16:07:12+5:302020-05-08T16:07:12+5:30

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The number of coronavirus patients in the country has reached 56,409 and 16,790 patients have been cured. 1890 people lost their lives. This includes health workers, doctors, and police.

Doctors and police are working day and night to fight the corona virus. Because of them, ordinary citizens are safe in their own homes. However, some policemen lost their lives.

Recently, Amit Kumar, a constable from New Delhi, lost his life to the coronavirus. Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has taken a big step by saluting his sacrifice.

Former cricketer and BJP MP Gambhir has always come forward to fight the coronavirus. He gave Rs 1 crore to the Delhi government.

He also decided to donate two years' salary to the Prime Minister's Assistance Fund. He is also distributing PPE masks through Gautam Gambhir Foundation.

The Gautam Gambhir Foundation is also distributing food to the needy. Gautam has retired from international cricket in 2018 is now into his second innings of sorts as a politician. Gautam Gambhir, who is a Member of Parliament from East Delhi, won the Lok Sabha 2019 elections as a BJP candidate from his constituency by a big margin of 695,109 votes despite being a first-time participant.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup hero is renowned for his generous nature and has time and again proved it with his noble gestures. Gautam Gambhir has once again done a deed that will restore everyone's faith in humanity.

A few days ago, he himself conducted the funeral of his housemaid. Gambhir did a great job as he could not reach her family due to the lockdown.

Gautam Gambhir has come forward to help the family of Amit Kumar, the 31-year-old Delhi Police constable who lost the battle to coronavirus recently. On Wednesday afternoon, Amit Kumar's report came back positive as he suffered from breathlessness, fever and cough.

A few hours after the tragedy took place, Gautam Gambhir took to Twitter where he announced that he would look after the deceased Delhi Police official Amit Kumar's child. The 38-year old wrote that his foundation, 'Gautam Gambhir Foundation' would take care of Amit Kumar's child’s complete education.