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377 bravehearts in Khaki remembered
Chandigarh, Oct 21 – On the occasion of Police Commemoration Day-2021, Director General of Police (DGP) Haryana Sh. P.K. Agrawal today led serving and retired police officers in paying tributes to police martyrs who laid down their lives while going beyond the call of duty at the Police Memorial in Panchkula.
Paying rich tributes to 377 martyrs from Police and Central Armed Police Forces of last year, Sh. Agrawal said that supreme sacrifice made by our bravehearts for maintaining law and order, unity and integrity of the nation can never be forgotten. He said that this year, constable Sandeep Kumar from Haryana Police also sacrificed his life 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 added.
Saluting the courage and sacrifice of these martyrs, the DGP also paid tributes to those karamveers who lost their lives during the tough times of Covid pandemic. By putting their lives at risk, these warriors have neither lost the courage nor there has been any decrease in devotion to public safety.
The DGP also placed a wreath and paid respects to the martyrs at the Police Memorial. He was followed by ADGP Crime Sh. O.P. Singh, ADGP CID Sh. Alok Mittal, ADGP Admin & IT Sh. A.S. Chawla, ADGP (Law and Order), Sh. Navdeep Singh Virk, DGP (Retd.) K. Selvaraj, IGP Modernization Sh. Amitabh Singh Dhillon, IGP CM Flying Squad Sh. Rajinder Singh, DIG Sh. O.P. Narwal and other police officers/officials.
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Hailing the efforts of the state government, the DGP said that a special ex-gratia grant of Rs 30 lakh is being given to family members of police personnel who die in the line of duty. In addition, financial assistance of Rs 65 lakh is also being given to the next-of-kin of the deceased personnel under a special agreement of accidental death insurance cover with the bank.
On this occasion, Commissioner of Police Panchkula, Sh. Saurabh Singh read out the names of police martyrs of state’s police and Central Armed Police Forces to acknowledge the supreme sacrifices made by them.
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.
