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Chandigarh, Oct 21 :- On the occasion of Police Commemoration Day 2022, Director General of Police (DGP) Haryana Sh. P.K. Agrawal today led serving and retired ranks of Haryana Police in paying tributes to police martyrs who laid down their lives while going beyond the call of duty in Gurugram.
Paying rich tributes to 264 martyrs from police and Central Armed Police Forces of last year, Sh. Agrawal said that the supreme sacrifice of our brave hearts for maintaining law and order, unity and integrity of the nation can never be forgotten. He said that this year, DSP Surender Singh and Constable Sandeep Kumar from Haryana Police also sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. The nation would always be grateful to these bravehearts. Their supreme sacrifice is an inspiration to everyone who proudly wears Khaki. He also honoured the widows of police martyrs on this occasion.
Saluting the courage and sacrifice of these martyrs, he informed that since the formation of Haryana State, 83 police officers and personnel have laid down their lives while serving the State and its citizens.
The DGP also placed a wreath and paid respects to the martyrs at the Police Memorial. He was followed by ADGP CID Sh. Alok Mittal, ADGP (Law and Order) Haryana Sh. Sandeep Khirwar, CP Gurugram Smt. Kala Ramchandran and officers from police and civil administration.
He informed that under the able leadership of Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal and guidance of Home Minister Sh. Anil Vij, a number of initiatives are being taken by the State Government for the welfare of the police personnel as well as their dependents who have sacrificed their lives protecting the nation. Apart from this, financial assistance of upto Rs 65 lakh is also being provided to the next-of-kin of the deceased personnel under a special agreement of accidental death insurance. In addition, Haryana Police is going to take another welfare step under which it is proposed to provide a scholarship of upto Rs 10 lakh to the meritorious students of police personnel, which is currently under consideration.
Police Commemoration Day is observed every year on October 21 in memory of 10 police personnel who died at Hot Springs in Ladakh while fighting Chinese troops in 1959.
