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Delhi, Oct 21: 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. UNI
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