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Breaking Barriers: Truck Driver's 19-Yr-Old Daughter Makes It To New Zealand Police

IANS, 05 Oct, 2017 10:44 AM
    It is indeed a proud moment for a truck driver’s family at Bajwa Kalan village in Shahkot with his daughter Prabhdeep Kaur (19) making it to the New Zealand Police.
     
     
    Lehmber Singh had moved to Auckland about 17 years back when Prabhdeep, his youngest child, was just two. He toiled there for all these years to secure a better future of his three children and his struggle has finally paid off.
     
     
    “I was waiting to see this day. After completing high school, Prabhdeep started her police training, which went on for more than a year. When the confirmation for the final selection came two days back, I could not be with her,” said Lehmber, who is at his native village with his brother’s family.  
     
     
    “Since then, I am flooded with congratulatory messages here. Prabhdeep has been asked join the force on November 9 and I, too, am excited to join my family there as this is great occasion for us,” he beamed.
     
     
    Lehmber shared, “Since childhood, Prabhdeep had been dreaming of joining police. I made her to take to sports as physical strength is the biggest requisite for cops there. She emerged as a very good hockey player. I would even keep my grocery store closed to see watch her game and would accompany her for encouragement. She was a regular at gym too.”
     
     
    About the struggle in his life, Lehmber Singh shared, “I used to drive a truck in Shahkot. When I moved to New Zealand in 2000, I pursued the same occupation there. I used to ferry trucks loaded with catering items to airports. Then on, I set up a fruit and vegetable shop. After all my children were settled, I quit work and am now enjoying a long holiday at my village.”
     
     
    While Lehmber is a matriculate, his wife Hardeep Kaur is class 8 pass.
     
     
    While Prabhdeep could not be contacted, her brother Jagdeep, who is doing M.Arch and runs an architecture firm in New Zealand, shared his sister’s aspirations, “There are a lot of incidents of violence with women here and Prabh feels strongly about such issues. This is one issue that she feels she will like to take up after joining the force.”

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