After paying tributes to the martyrs on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day at police lines, State DGP Anil K Raturi said that a total of 379 policemen, including seven from Uttarakhand, had lost their lives while discharging duty across the country over the past one year. The slain policemen from the state were constable Narendra Singh, constbale Kalam Singh, constbale Narendra Kumar, constbale Ravindra Singh Kunwar, constbale Satendra SIngh Negi, constable Nitish Kumar and inspector Ram Kumar Juyal.
At police lines, the policemen held a parade led by Parade Commander lokeshewar Singh as a mark of respect to the slain security officials. Wreaths were placed at the memorial plinth and silence was observed to mark the occasion
DGP said that most of the policemen were martyred while fighting the Naxalitites and terrorists. “While the state government is running several welfare schemes for the families of the martyrs Rs 1.83 crore has been released for providing medical facilities to 392 policemen. Besides, Rs 12.5 lakh has been provided to the dependents of the deceased policemen under personal insurance scheme. Dependents of 29 deceased policemen have been appointed as constables while three of them have been recruited as fourth class employees,” the state police chief said.