The actor, who battled the infection last October, says he can understand the acute suffering of patients, owing to the scarcity of oxygen. “I couldn’t look at my Royal Enfield bike, knowing that someone is not able to breathe, [and decided to put it up for sale]. Luckily, I found a buyer in Hyderabad. It has yet to be transported, but the buyer was kind enough to make the payment so that we could get the oxygen concentrators. One concentrator has reached the Cyberabad police, and another, donated to NGO Cheers Foundation [that provides shelter and food to underprivileged children]. We plan to send a concentrator to an old-age home too,” he says.

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It was heartbreaking for Rane to part with his first bike.  “I had bought it with my earnings from a South film. It was like my baby, and I used to lavish care on it. It was a part of me, but now, it is serving a bigger purpose by helping people breathe.”