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Ashok Saraf And Wife Nivedita Joshi Thank Mumbai Police With Aamras-Puri Treat!
As the country is struggling to contain the Coronavirus, many actors and celebrities have been supporting frontline workers, including the Mumbai Police. In a heartwarming gesture, actor Ashok Saraf and his actress wife Nivedita Joshi-Saraf sent 175-180 plates of delicious aamras-puri for policemen on duty at the Oshiwara police station in Mumbai on 19 May, revealed senior police inspector Dayanand Bangar to Mumbai Mirror.
Ashok
Saraf,
who
stays
in
the
nearby
Lokhandwala
Complex,
which
is
in
the
jurisdiction
of
Oshiwara
police
station,
told
Mumbai
Mirror,
"We've
always
respected
policemen
but
now
it
has
doubled
after
seeing
them
work
in
such
tough
conditions.
Now
that
mango
season
is
here,
we
decided
to
give
them
a
meal
of
aamras
and
puri
with
the
help
of
a
local
caterer." The
actor
also
shared
this
message
through
a
video
with
his
wife.
A few constables admitted that they have not been able to enjoy mangoes due to the lockdown. They described the meal as tasty!
Bollywood celebrities who helped Mumbai Police are - Akshay Kumar (donated Rs 2 crore to the Mumbai Police Foundation and is donating 1000 wrist bands to help early detection of the Coronavirus), Hrithik Roshan (delivered a package of hand sanitisers to police personnel on duty), Farhan Aktar (contributed 1000 PPE kits) and Rohit Shetty (arranged space in eight hotels across the city for on-duty policemen to rest and have meals).
Also, the Producers Guild of India, through its initiative Mission Suraksha, donated fully-equipped tents and Bollywood stars' vanity vans to police officers on duty, during the Coronavirus pandemic.
