SRINAGAR: An eight-year-old boy from north Kashmir ’s Bandipora district walked one km to the deputy commissioner (DC)’s office on Monday and handed over six years of his savings collected in a piggy bank . Abeed Malik, a class 3 student of Kendriya Vidyalaya , Bandipora, said he was moved by the plight of thousands stranded without food and shelter across the country due to the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.“I saw on TV the thousands of poor daily wagers and labourers held-up at various places across the country. Their agony moved me, so I decided to donate my piggy bank savings to the authorities to help someone in need,” said the eight-year-old Nowpora resident, who is currently awaiting his final examination results that have been deferred due to the lockdown as his school remains shut as per government guidelines.“Abeed called my office on April 13 (Monday), expressing his wish to participate in the fight against the global pandemic and offered to donate all the savings that he had collected over the past six years for the poor. I was humbled by the child’s gesture and accepted his donation,” Bandipora DC Shahbaz Mirza said, adding that he was impressed by Abeed’s warrior spirit and innocence.Abeed’s father Zahid Hussain Malik , a pharmacist by profession, said he was impressed by his son’s compassion. “I gladly accompanied him to the DC’s office to hand over the piggy bank, which might come to the aid of the needy in this present crisis,” Malik said.Interestingly, neither Abeed nor his parents know the amount which had accumulated in his piggy bank over the past six years. “I simply handed over my piggy bank to the officer and returned home following the lockdown guidelines,” Abeed said.