Summary:
Raipur, Oct 22 (PTI) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday met a 16-year-old tribal boy suffering from progeria, who was a special attendee at a conference of senior police officials here, an official said.
Shailendra Dhruv occupied the chair next to Baghel at the end of the meeting and received "Guard of Honour" along with him there, the official from the public relations department said.
Progeria is a progressive genetic disorder which causes a child to age rapidly.
On finding of about the boy through media, the chief minister invited him to the capital and met him during the conference of Inspector Generals of Police (IGPs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs) here at New Circuit House, he said.
At the end of the conference, the boy entered the meeting auditorium and Baghel made him sit beside him and took stock of his health, the official said.
The boy, hailing from Medki Dabri village of Gariaband district, informed the chief minister that he wanted to serve the country as a collector in the future, he said.