Police Commemoration Day observed in Mohali

Mohali, October 21

Police Commemoration Day was observed at the District Administrative Complex, Sector 76, here today to pay respect to the police personnel, who laid down their lives for the unity and integrity of the country.

Deputy Commissioner Isha Kalia, SSP Navjot Singh Mahal, Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Kumar Singla, along with other police personnel, paid homage to the martyrs.

“I salute the police personnel who have sacrificed their lives for the country. The nation shall forever remain indebted to these heroes,” Kalia said in her Police Commemoration Day address.

In the past one year, 377 police personnel, including the two from Punjab, have sacrificed their lives in line of duty, she said.

“On this day, let us also resolve never to forget our brave heroes, who have laid down their lives at the altar of duty, and to look after the families of these police martyrs,” said the DC.

SSP Navjot Singh, while paying tributes to the martyrs, lauded the courage exhibited by the police personnel during the Covid pandemic.

When curfew was imposed due to the pandemic and no one was allowed to go out, the police personnel, regardless of their health or that of their family members, plunged into the fight against Covid-19, he said. “Eighty-six police officials and other personnel lost their lives due to Covid.”

The SSP also informed families of 35 police martyrs, who belonged to the district, could not be invited for the function due to the Covid protocol.

Earlier, silence was observed for two minutes in memory of the martyrs. — TNS 

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