Observed every year on October 21 across the country, Police Commemoration Day honours personnel who sacrificed their lives while protecting citizens, safeguarding the nation and maintaining law and order.
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Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday paid tribute to police personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty during the Police Commemoration Day programme held at the 10th Assam Police Battalion campus in Kahilipara, Guwahati.
Observed every year on October 21 across the country, Police Commemoration Day honours personnel who sacrificed their lives while protecting citizens, safeguarding the nation and maintaining law and order.
Addressing the programme, CM Sarma said 154 police personnel across India had died in the line of duty between September 1 of the previous year and August 31 of the current year. Assam Police lost six personnel during the same period.
The Chief Minister paid tribute to Sub-Inspectors Dulu Moni Medhi, Satyendra Malakar and Nabajit Das; Havildar Jiten Chandra Bora; and Lance Naiks Sevak Dutta and Amiya Sonowal, who died while performing their duties.
CM Sarma further said that Assam Police had lost more than 900 officers and personnel in the line of duty since Independence.
Describing the occasion as a solemn moment for the police fraternity, the Chief Minister honoured the courage and sacrifice of personnel who laid down their lives in service to the nation. He also extended his condolences to the bereaved families of the Assam Police personnel.
The programme was attended by in-charge Chief Secretary Ajay Tewari, Director General of Police Harmeet Singh and several other senior officials.