For 20 security personnel who paid with their lives for war against Maoists since 2000 to 2015, will be paid rich tributes at the schools, where they pursued their studies, on Independence Day.
This decision has been taken on the appeal of the Police Department to the Education Department to mount photographs of martyred personnel, who lost their lives while fighting Maoists, at schools in their home villages. Condolence meetings in their memory on the occasion of national festivals were also decided.
The Department has named 20 martyrs from the District Force (DF) and the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) who will be remembered on the Independence Day. The list has been forwarded to respective schools in their home villages.
After unfurling the national flag at the schools, the students would be educated about the martyrs and the importance of celebrating the Independence Day. The Department has invited the family members of the 20 martyrs in the main parade programme on August 15. The State Home Minister Ramsevak Paikara will felicitate them. Family members of the civilians, who lost their lives in infamous Jheeram valley Naxal incident will also be honoured.
The martyrs are head constables Bansingh Markam, Murli Tiwari, laikhan Sethia, Virendra Kumar Som, Patrika Khalko, Shankar Prasad Joshi, Chamru Ram Mahanti, Govind Rai and Bijendra Rampure; constables Motiram Baghel, Boga Ram, Dinesh Dayal, Pawan Negi, Jaisingh Thakur, Mahipal Chouhan, Santosh Yadav and Sonsai Nag and Assistant Sub-inspector Shobharam Sahu. The civilians to be paid rich tributes are Bhagirathi of Juna Para, Sadashiv Nag, Manoj Joshi, Ganpat Nag, Rajkumar Nag of Darbha, Gopi Madwani of Jagdalpur, Sohan Mandavi of Kodenaar, Vasu Sethia of Gadhiya, Pandu Ram of Koleng and Somdu Markam of Pakhnaar.