Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe/ AP Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe/ AP

On December 13, Delhi Police constable Virender died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle in Delhi Cantt area while guarding the route that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was to take for the airport on his return to Japan. While Abe’s Indian counterpart didn’t take cognizance of it, Abe sent a bouquet of flowers and a letter of condolence to Singh’s house, wrote columnist Mohan Guruswamy on his Facebook page.

The Embassy of Japan in India has confirmed sending the condolence message to the deceased’s family.

Guruswamy’s post says that as soon the word reached Tokyo, the Japanese PM did what he thought was needful. The post has garnered support on social media and has been shared several hundred times. “For our VIPs it would be just another little man dying doing his duty and not worth a second thought,” he wrote.

The 30-year-old constable was hit by an unidentified vehicle in the wee hours of the morning at around 6 am.

The constable, who was posted at the Palam police station was deployed to guard the route which the Japanese PM was to take to the airport on his return to Japan, he wrote in his post.

Virender hailed from Jhunjhnu in Rajsthan, joined Delhi Police in 2010. He is survived by his wife and child.

With PTI inputs.

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