Tributes paid to BSF martyrs on Police Commemoration Day

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 22

To mark the Police Commemoration Day, tributes were paid to martyrs at a homage paying ceremony organised at the Border Security Force’s Western Command Headquarters here on Thursday.

A wreath was laid at the memorial by NS Jamwal, Additional Director General, BSF Western Command on behalf of all ranks of the force. Senior BSF officers and other personnel were also present on the occasion.

The Police Commemoration Day is observed in October every year in memory of the 10 Central Reserve Police Force personnel, who lost their lives in October 1959 in Ladakh, while defending Indian sovereignty against the Chinese Army. 

On this day tributes are paid to all police personnel who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty. From September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021, a total of 377 police personnel have been killed in the line of duty, out of which, 47 were from the Border Security Force.