Happy ending for a desperate father
A father, who was caught stealing a packet of milk for his 11-month-old daughter from Shwapno super shop’s Khilgaon outlet, landed a job at the company yesterday.
Sabbir Hasan Nasir, executive director of ACI Logistics Ltd, told The Daily Star, “We handed over the appointment letter to the jobless father with the support of Jahidul Islam, senior assistant commissioner of Khilgaon Zone [of Dhaka Metropolitan Police].”
“He will start working with us from Monday (today) as ‘sourcing executive-general merchandise’,” Sabbir added.
Earlier on Friday around 8:45pm, some people caught a 28-year-old man red-handed while he was trying to run away after stealing a milk packet from a Shwapno store.
AC Jahidul Islam was on duty at a check post, just opposite the super shop, on Shaheed Baki Sharak near the Khilgaon Taltola Market.
Noticing a gathering, Jahid sent a police team to check what happened. Some locals and a security guard of the super shop dragged the man to the check post, AC Jahidul Islam, wrote in a Facebook post.
“A man from the gathering shouted, drawing my attention, ‘This man was running away after stealing.’ The security guard of the super shop then told me that he was running away after stealing a packet of milk from the store,” Jahid wrote.
“I asked the guard, what kind of milk. The security guard replied, ‘A packet of Nan milk for kids.’”
AC Jahid further wrote that the thief looked like a decent man, that made him curious. “I asked him why he stole, and the man, with tears in his eyes, replied ‘Sir, I’ve been unemployed for the last three months. I have a child at home but don’t have money to buy milk.”
Jahid further mentioned in the Facebook post that he realised how desperate the father was.
The police official then asked the security guard about the price of the milk packet, and paid for it, letting the man leave.
The man used to work in a mobile phone shop with a monthly salary of Tk 8,000 but he lost the job three months back, said Jahid.
“I am very happy that Shawpno authorities gave a job to the unemployed father,” Jahid said.
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