Chennai, August 16: Tirunelveli Police's armed reserved unit SP N Maheshwari on Saturday led her contingent during the 74th Independence Day parade in Tirunelveli but did not give the slightest hint that she had lost her father a night ago. Soon after the parade, Maheshwari left the ground to attend her father's funeral in Vadamadurai town in Dindigul district which is located over 200 kilometres far.

According to a report, published in the Times of India, Maheshwari's father Narayanaswamy died on Friday night. Though Maheshwari thought of going to Vadamadurai town immediately, she waited till the 74th Independence Day parade gets over as any replacement may go wrong at the last minute. The SP decided to perform her duty first. Independence Day 2020: Major Shweta Pandey to Assist PM Narendra Modi in Unfurling Tricolour at Red Fort.

Here's the tweet by AIR:

Reports claimed that Maheshwari didn't inform about her 83-year-old father's demise to her senior officers and reached the VOC Stadium on Saturday morning. The senior officers and Tirunelveli DC Shilpa Prabhakar Satish came to know about the incident after they saw N Maheshwari was hurriedly leaving the stadium after the parade. Following this, praise and condolence messages began pouring in for the inspector. People even shared images of N Maheshwari leading the parade.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 16, 2020 01:58 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).