UP trainee cops win hearts on the Internet by gifting new bicycle to elderly hawker

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The police recruits found out that an elderly hawker’s bicycle was stolen and plotted an action plan to help him. By raising money, the trainee law enforcement officials bought him a brand new cycle and also posed with the man for selfies.

Rahul Srivastav, the public relations officer for the director general of police in UP shared the heartwarming story on Twitter. Along with the details, Srivastav shared four photos of the ecstatic young officials and the smiling hawker seated on his new cycle.

Check out his post here.

Salute-A hawker’s bicycle got stolen.Recruit constable’s at Muradabad #Police academy gifted him one & took selfies pic.twitter.com/MxpQ3AgDZk

— RAHUL SRIVASTAV (@upcoprahul) March 31, 2017

Srivastav, who is known for his active presence on social media, often highlights such commendable work by the UP police forces. The tweet has been liked by over 500 users and it was retweeted close to 250 times, at the time of writing.

Netizens took quick notice of the selfless act and applauded the young men for their kind gesture. Within a few hours the post started trending on the micro-blogging site and many users complimented the young recruits for the act.

Meet future altruist, proactive officers who will make @Uppolice more proud. #UPpoliceMyPolice https://t.co/ODHoRzMrmJ

— Shereen Pathak (@shivanginipatha) March 31, 2017

@upcoprahul @Uppolice @IPS_Association @rama_rajeswari @sidharthnsingh @ptshrikant @sunetrac @DCP_DelhiPolice @richaanirudh @TelanganaDGP @mukteshchander @BBCVikas Well Done,Great to see new recruits with golden heart, soon Indian society will be gifted by these great cops on ground to serve them proud.

— Tarun Sharma (@tarun10sharma) March 31, 2017

@upcoprahul @Uppolice @IPS_Association @rama_rajeswari @sidharthnsingh @ptshrikant @sunetrac @DCP_DelhiPolice @richaanirudh @TelanganaDGP @mukteshchander @BBCVikas Compassion at its best..salute to the recruit and his selfless endeavour

— ANURAG (@anuraganthro1) March 31, 2017

@upcoprahul @IPS_Association @rama_rajeswari @sidharthnsingh @ptshrikant @sunetrac @DCP_DelhiPolice @richaanirudh @TelanganaDGP @mukteshchander @BBCVikas Great Work Done … WoW

— Naved Ahmed (@naved22ahmed11) April 1, 2017

@upcoprahul @Uppolice @IPS_Association @rama_rajeswari @sidharthnsingh @ptshrikant @sunetrac @DCP_DelhiPolice @richaanirudh @TelanganaDGP @mukteshchander @BBCVikas Oh!!!What a gesture,what a beginning of new career for recruit constable,hope a new breed.they deserve our(public) salute.jai hind

— yogeshrathore (@yogiagra) March 31, 2017

@upcoprahul @IPS_Association @rama_rajeswari @sidharthnsingh @ptshrikant @sunetrac @DCP_DelhiPolice @richaanirudh @TelanganaDGP @mukteshchander @BBCVikas hope this compasion carries on once they join the force. important that they dont get sucked into quagmire of corruption. salute 👏👏🙏

— Aforapple (@Aforapple12) March 31, 2017

@upcoprahul @IPS_Association @rama_rajeswari @sidharthnsingh @ptshrikant @sunetrac @DCP_DelhiPolice @richaanirudh @TelanganaDGP @mukteshchander @BBCVikas Waah that’s really different face of UPP. This way very soon common man will not be afraid of police rather they will find friend in police.

— Kshitiz Srivastava (@Kshitiz90769951) April 1, 2017

Great human gesture, Mr. @upcoprahul!
Thank you for information accompanied by photos. https://t.co/o2v36B19o4

— Bimal Pr. Mohapatra (@bimal_pr) April 1, 2017

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