Humanistic approach of police works wonders in border village
DAOKE (INDO-PAKISTAN BORDER): After a period of almost six years, joy and happiness has once again returned to the household of 70-year-old Sukha Singh, a farmer at Daoke, a village surrounded by Pakistani territory on three sides.
The reasons for the happiness are — the aged farmer’s two sons, Bachittar Singh (27) and Beant Singh ( 25), have turned a new leaf and have started putting their house in order. This positive change has happened after the brothers say goodbye to drug addiction, which completely changed the atmosphere of Sukha Singh’s household.
“I thank God for saving my two sons,” he said, while talking to Hindustan Times at the residence of sarpanch Sukhjinder Singh at Daoke on Thursday.
Of his four sons, Sukha is particularly proud of Beant, a well-known kabaddi player of the border area. In fact, all residents spoke highly of Beant and felt that had he not taken to the drugs, he could have made it to the state-level kabaddi championships. “From Attari to Chabal and all along the border, there was not a youth to match the skills and strength of Beant,” proclaimed villagers.
Not just Beant, but even his elder brother Bachittar was also a kabaddi player. The two would bring laurels, leading their village team to victories in blocklevel and inter-village tournaments of Attari block. Ironically, the other two sons of Sukha Singh did not get hooked onto drugs, while the duo that he was so proud of took the wrong path. About 6-7 years back, when the duo was unmarried, they started taking ordinary medicines like Brufane and cough syrups to enhance their performance and stamina. Some of these drugs helped them forget the pain that they would suffer while playing kabaddi.