On the occasion of the 57th Police Commemoration Day, a remembrance meeting and a silent procession were held at the Maharaja Boys’ High School here for martyr Simanchal Pradhan on Friday.
Pradhan’s mother Phula Pradhan and wife Sankutala were present on the occasion. Gajapati district SP Sushil Kumar Panigrahi was the chief while District Education Officer Sanjeev Kumar Singh chaired the meeting. DSP Santosh Mishra, DSP Goutam Kumar Mallick, DSP Jadunath Hansda and SI Sabita Panigrahi were present, among others. School NCC cadets organised the silent procession.
Martyr Pradhan was born in 1977 and studied at the Maharaja Boys’ High School from 1989 to 1993. He started his career in the police department in 1999. He died in 2008.