Dubai:In their endeavour to spread happiness among members of society, the Dubai Police have recently fulfilled a request submitted by a university student to allow her father, an inmate at the Dubai Punitive and Correctional Establishments, to attend her virtually graduation ceremony.

Brigadier Ali Mohammed Al Shamali, Director of the General Department of Punitive and Correctional Establishments at Dubai Police, explained that the gesture is part of the force's commitment to ensuring the happiness for all segments of society.

"The Department was approached by the graduating student with a plea to allow her imprisoned father to join the graduation ceremony which was arranged virtually by the university in compliance with the precautionary measures against the new coronavirus (COVID-19)," Brig. Al Shamali added.

 "The Department was keen to fulfil the student's wish and grant her father the opportunity to witness this important day of his daughter's life and congratulated her in person, which Dubai Police hoped to affect positively on the inmate and his family" Brig. Al Shamali continued.

The Director of the General Department of Punitive and Correctional Establishments confirmed that they had yielded all necessities needed for the meeting between the daughter and her father who also happily watched his daughter's preparation for the ceremony.

From their side, the inmate and his daughter expressed their gratitude to the Dubai Police for this opportunity.