“Many elderly and poor people come to the police station to file their complaints about robbery and family issues. As a policeman, I can solve these problems but what about their real troubles of not having food to eat, money to buy their medicines or even clothes,” wondered K Krishna Murthy, Head Constable at a police station in Parvatipuram town of Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh.
It was this poignant question that made Krishna help over a thousand people in the past three years with his meagre salary of Rs 45,000.
The 55-year-old admits to losing sleep over the people’s problems. “At night, I stayed awake wondering how I could help the needy,” he says and adds, “When I was a kid, I saw my parents and grandparents helping the poor with whatever they had.”
But it was his father who eventually led him down this philanthropic path. “In 2017, my father suggested that I help the villagers by setting aside a part of my salary. He said — ‘Even if one has no job, the…
