Akshay Kumar has been a person who has never stepped back on helping the needy or voicing his opinion for the underprivileged. He has in the past helped families of Jawans and even reached out to his audience with his movies about Army.
On Thursday too, the Bollywood actor donated Rs. 1.08 crore to the families of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans of 219 Battalion. The jawans were killed in Sukma district of Jammu and Kashmir after a group of terrorists attacked the Road Opening Party on Saturday.
The actor has maintained constant touch with IPS officer Amit Lodha, DIG of the Jaisalmer sector north. He also inquired about the encounter and asked the DIG Lodha to share all important details of the families of the jawans that were killed. Akshay Kumar, after learning the details spoke to the IPS officer and expressed his wish to donate Rs. 9 Lakh to each family of the slain jawans.
The DIG moved by the Bollywood superstar’s move told a popular news daily, “Akshay himself has been in touch with me and he keeps inquiring about incidents and when I told him about the Sukma incident he immediately told me he would like to contribute and do his bit for the families of the martyred jawans, we are all grateful to him for this kind gesture.”
