Chhattisgarh: 5-year-old boy appointed as 'child constable' after father's death
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A five-year-old boy in Surguja, Chhattisgarh, was appointed as a "child constable" after the death of his father, reported ANI.
According to Bhavna Gupta, the Superintendent of Police (SP), Raj Kumar Rajwade was a police constable who passed away in an accident.
Following the incident, his son, Naman Rajwade, was posted as a child constable on compassionate grounds on Thursday.
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Child to become full-time constable at the age of 18
In a similar incident in January, a five-and-a-half-year-old boy was made a child constable after his father died in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur.
Furthermore, a four-year-old boy in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, was appointed as a child constable after he lost his father, a head constable in the police force.
All these children will be appointed as full-time constables after attaining the age of 18 years.