Rajkot: No leniency towards duty, says Pregnant ASI

Rajkot: “I didn’t want to be on leave when my colleagues are battling it out on the field,” said assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Nasreen Belim (26) of Rajkot mahila police station. All of six months pregnant, this Corona hero didn’t think twice before cancelling her leave and resuming duty.
Nobody summoned her. She felt the call within her, said Belim, while talking to TOI.“I had gone on leave after I became pregnant. However, after the first case of a COVID-19 positive patient in Rajkot, I felt I was called upon to resume duty. Despite opposition from my family members who feared that I would expose myself to the danger of getting infection, I joined duty,” she said, rearing to do her bit to make the country safer for its people.
However, Belim’s colleagues are considerate enough and are taking good care of her. She has also been assigned desk work, which involves registering complaints. “We also ensure that she takes proper precautions while going out on the field,” said one of her colleagues.
Belim, a masters in commerce, was recruited as an ASI after she cleared the test in Ahmedabad in 2016.
After serving three years in Ahmedabad, she was transferred to Rajkot seven months ago. Belim’s husband Juneid from Jetpur is a civil engineer engaged in construction business.
Belim is from Bagasara in Amreli district and the duo got married around two and a half years ago.