Mangalore, October 21: Mangalore City Police and Dakshina Kannada district police jointly observed the police commemoration day at the police memorial site of District Armed Reserve premises here on Friday in memory of the 636 police and paramilitary personnel from throughout the country who laid down their lives in the line of duty during the previous year.
The names of all of them including 10 police personnel from Karnataka were read out on the occasion.
The tradition began in 1960 to salute the deaths of 10 members of a small patrolling party of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), who laid down their lives in an attack by the Chinese at Hot Springs, near Aksai Chin on October 21, 1959.
As part of the ceremony the police flag was flown at half mast and a police patrol fired three rounds in the air.
Addressing the gathering, Deputy Commissioner N S Channnappa Gowda said that the policemen have to discharge their duties in unusual conditions and circumstances where the element of risk is much more than for the common man. Therefore, basic amenities like healthcare, proper accommodation should be provided to police community, he said.
Chief Guest Prof T C Shivashankara Murthy, Vice Chancellor of Mangalore University said that hot pursuit of criminals, combating armed miscreants and terrorists and deployment in rescue operations leave the policemen exposed to high risk and the men in khaki brave these conditions undeterred even if they have to give their life.
He said since education and police departments are substantial for a healthy society, both the departments are equally important.
IGP (Western Range) Alok Mohan, City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh, SP Laburam, Additional SP Prabhakar, KSRP Commander Ramdas Gowda, Homeguard Commandant Nidarsh Hegde, MLC Ganesh Karnik, District Information Director Rohini K, Zilla Panchayat CEO Dr K N Vijayprakash, , NMPT Vice President T S N Moorthy and others were present.
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