Prayer Meeting held in memory of Inspector M C Sharma

Uttarakhand Chetna Manch – Dwarka (UCMD), a socio-cultural organisation, organised a Prayer Meeting in memory of Inspector M C Sharma, on Sunday, 28 September at the Upkari Apartments, Sector-12, Dwarka. The meeting was attended by a large number of Dwarkaites. Mr Sharma was a native of Almora at Uttarakhand and was a member of the UCMD. Several people thanked UCMD for organising the prayer meeting for the valiant inspector.

The meeting started with the hymns of mantras, shlokas from Ramayana and Gita by Pt. Budakoti. This was followed by condolence messages by the President, UCMD, Mr M R Sirswal and Secretary, Mr Vinod Rawat. Mrs Harsha Lakhera, who was compering, requested people to come forward to share their experiences with Mr Sharma and pay tributes to him. One retired IPS officer spoke about Mr Sharma’s dedication and discipline in his work. Upkari Apartments President, Mr Inderjit Singh quoted that the need of the hour is that “we should have more such patriots like Mr Sharma to fight back the terror and that’ll be our real tribute to him”.

As a token of symbolic gesture, the Upkari Apartments donated a cheque of Rs.21000/- to Mr Sharma’s family. UCMD too announced that they’ll also donate a cheque of Rs.51000/- to his family.

At the end of the meeting, people observed a two-minute silence for the departed soul. After this everyone paid tributes by offering flowers to Mr Sharma’s portrait. While doing so a few got emotional as well. UCMD thanked all people for coming forward and paying tributes to the gutsy inspector.