Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns home on police commemoration day
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute on Wednesday to police personnel who died in the line of duty. PM Modi said police personnel always did their best without hesitation. In his message on Police Day of Remembrance, Prime Minister Modi said that from maintaining public order to solving heinous crimes, from disaster relief to combating against COVID-19, police personnel always do their best without hesitation. “We are proud of their diligence and willingness to help citizens,” PM Modi tweeted.
“Police Memorial Day is about expressing gratitude to our police personnel and their families across India. We pay tribute to all police officers martyred in the line of duty. Their sacrifice and service will always be remembered. briefs, “added the Prime Minister.
Police Day of Remembrance is about expressing gratitude to our police personnel and their families across India. We pay tribute to all police personnel martyred in the performance of their duties. Their sacrifice and service would always be remembered. pic.twitter.com/69gkT1yH24
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 21, 2020
Interior Minister Amit Shah paid tribute on the occasion of Police Memorial Day. “So far, 35,398 police officers have lost their lives in the line of duty. During our battle against COVID-19, 343 police officers lost their lives while serving the nation as Corona warriors ”.
#WATCH Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays tribute to police personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty, at the National Police Memorial on # PoliceCommemorationDay2020 today. pic.twitter.com/Cd8Na04oNg
– ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2020
Amit Shah said in his speech during the Police Memorial Day parade at the National Police Memorial in Delhi. “This memorial is not only made of bricks and cement, this memorial recalls the martyrdom of our soldiers. We salute the brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives …”, added the Minister of the Interior.
Police Memorial Day is celebrated annually on October 21 in memory of CRPF personnel who died in Hot Springs, Ladakh while fighting Chinese troops that day in 1959.
(PTI and ANI entries)
