The Director-General of Police (DGP) and Head of the Police Force (HoPF), Shankar Jiwal, senior police officers, heads of defence establishments and retired officers paid tributes to police personnel who have died in the line of duty, on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day, on Saturday.
Police Commemoration Day is observed on October 21 every year, to commemorate and pay tributes to the 10 policemen who were killed by Chinese troops in an ambush in the Hot Springs area near Ladakh on October 21, 1959. The sacrifices of police personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty, are recalled on this occasion.
At the Martyr’s column in Police Headquarters, Mr. Jiwal placed a wreath and paid his respects to the martyred officers. He was followed by Lieutenant General Karanbir Singh Brar, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Dakshin Bharat Area, representatives of naval and coast guard units, serving DGP rank officers, including Greater Chennai City Police Commissioner Sandeep Rai Rathore, as well as A.K. Viswanathan, Abhash Kumar, Seema Agarwal, Amaraesh Pujari, Rajiv Kumar, Abhay Kumar Singh, K. Vannia Perumal and other former DGPs.
