Yendluru Jessy Prashanthi, a deputy superintendent of police from Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district, was talking to her superior officers about the arrangements being made at the Andhra Pradesh Police Duty Meet in Tirupati on Monday, when an inspector of police walked up to her and saluted.
Prashanthi, too, returned the salute quickly, only to realise that the inspector was none other than her father Y Shyam Sunder. “What, daddy?” she said, before bursting into a hearty laugh and tearing up. The emotional scene caught the attention of everybody, including top police officials. The picture of Shyam Sunder saluting his daughter went viral on social media after it was tweeted by the Andhra Pradesh Police on its official handle.
She attributed her growth as a police officer to her father. “He was my inspiration and it was because of him that I chose this profession,” Prashanthi said.
