Sonu Sood contributes 25,000 face shields for Maharashtra cops; hails 'real heroes'

Sonu Sood has been at forefront of India's battle with COVID from start as he has helped thousands of stranded migrants return home over past four months. actor on Thursday donated 25000 face shields for police personnel in Maharashtra and was lauded for his contribution on social media by state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

46-year-old actor responded to Deshmukh with humility as he said that police are our "real hero". Sood claimed that ensuring ir safety by giving face shields is least he could do for ir relentless efforts.

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Sonu has so far arranged buses and flights for migrant labourers and turned out to be real-life hero for m. His fan base is expanding day by day and people are in complete awe of work he has been doing. he has been personally dressing grievances of people stranded in different parts of country and assuring m with solutions.

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He recently responded to a fervent plea from three persons of Bengal, after one of m tagged him on Twitter and said y were stuck in Pune.  46-year-old actor assured Anupam Chakraborty, a resident of Howrah, he will make arrangements to send all three of m to Bengal. "Pack your bags bror. Kolkata is calling," he said in reply to Chakraborty's SOS tweet. 36-year-old from Jhikira vill in Howrah, who said that he and two ors have been stuck in Pune since March, also attached a document with his tweet, giving details such as Ahaar number, and or relevant details.

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However, despite his selfless service, he became a political target when Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut questioned his intentions. As per a PTI report, Sonu estimates that he has helped 18,000-20,000 workers to go back to ir homes, which includes flights for migrants of Assam, Odisha and Uttarakhand.

Talking to PTI about controversy, he said, “I have thing to do with politics. I am doing this purely out of my love for migrants. I want to help reunite m with ir families".

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