Rajnath pays homage to martyrs on Police Commemoration Day

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday paid homage to 383 Police Personnel, who got killed while performing various duties across the country from September 2016 to August 2017, on Police Commemoration Day. According to an official statement, Director of Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Jain read out the names of the Police Personnel, who laid down their lives in the line of duty this year.

He said the martyrs included 76 from Uttar Pradesh Police, 56 from BSF, 49 from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 42 from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, 23 from Chhattisgarh, 16 from West Bengal, 13 each from Delhi and CISF, 12 each from Bihar and Karnataka and 11 from the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Majority of the police personnel died while dealing with cross-border firing from Pakistan, fighting militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, Naxals and other law and order duties, Mr Jain added.

October 21 is observed as Police Commemoration Day to pay homage to 10 policemen killed in firing by Chinese troops in 1,959 and 34,400 others, who laid down their lives protecting the country's unity and integrity. A Police Commemoration Day Parade was also held at the National Police Memorial, here, in presence of Mr Singh and Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Dr Satya Pal Singh. Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, heads of all the Central Paramilitary Forces and the Commissioner of Delhi Police, senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs, apart from retired Police Officers, attended the event, hosted by CISF.