Police Commemoration Day was observed at the police headquarters in Chennai on Wednesday, with Chief Minister Vijay paying floral tributes at the police memorial to honour personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty.
The Chief Minister received a guard of honour and planted a sapling on the premises.
He also handed over orders sanctioning personal accident insurance benefits totalling ₹5.96 crore to the families of six police personnel who died in the line of duty and one personnel who is in a coma.
The benefits were provided under the Tamil Nadu government’s salary package scheme.
Police Commemoration Day is observed on October 21 every year to remember the sacrifice of 10 Central Reserve Police Force personnel who were killed in a surprise attack by Chinese troops in Ladakh in 1959, and to honour police personnel who died in the line of duty.
According to a State government press release, 154 police personnel and officers across the country, including six from the Tamil Nadu Police, died in the line of duty during the year.
A. Karthik, Principal Secretary to the Home, Prohibition and Excise Department; Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, Director-General of Police; A. Amalraj, Chennai Police Commissioner; senior police and government officials; retired police officers; and family members of deceased police personnel attended the event.
