Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday warned against the possibility of terror attack in the country. “No possibility can be ruled out. We cannot ignore terror activities. Hence, alerts are issued,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the Police Commemoration Day parade in the National Capital.
Rajnath was replying to a question on whether there is a possibility of a terror attack during the festival season. Asked about the advisory issued by the Home Ministry telling all States to ensure security in places of worship and communally sensitive places during the festive season, the Home Minister said such advisories are being issued regularly on the basis of information receive by the Government. “We issue regular alerts. We issue alerts on the basis of whatever information we get,” he said.
Earlier, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi read out the names of 12 martyrs of Delhi Police and State and Central Police Organisation-wise number of personnel who were killed or met with unnatural death during the period. In all, 662 police personnel, including 12 of Delhi Police, were killed while serving in their respective forces. The martyrs of Delhi Police were Inspector Ashok Kumar, SI Hem Raj, HC Ravinder Singh, HC Ashok Kumar, HC Mahavir Prasad, Constable Praveen Chaudhary, Constable Vinod Kumar, Constable Mana Ram, Constable Bintu, Constable Prahalad Sahai Meena, Constable Shiv Raj Singh and Constable Vikas Kumar, laid down their lives in the
line of duty.
Retired Delhi Police Commissioners MB Kaushal, TR Kakkar and Neeraj Kumar paid homage by laying wreaths at the memorial. Besides, retired IPS officers, including Kiran Bedi, Deep Chand, UNB Rao, Dr Aditya Arya, V Rajagopal and senior officers of Delhi Police, also placed wreaths at the memorial.