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| On commemoration day, JKP counts loss at 6000 | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 21
As the brave martyrs are remembered on the occasion of commemoration day, it emerges that the Jammu and Kashmir Police have suffered huge loss of its men in the 18 years of ongoing insurgency in the state.
Police commemoration day is celebrated all over country to refresh the sacrifices laid down by nine CRPF troops while repulsing the Chinese attack at Hot Springs, Ladakh on the same day in 1959.
In Jammu and Kashmir the commemoration day was observed at Armed Police Headquarters, Zeewan, Srinagar where Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was the Chief Guest.
Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister said that As many as 868 apolice personnel have been killed, besides 447 SPOs and 128 VDC members. In Jammu and Kashmir, he said during the same period, 5099 police and security personnel were killed in action. About the last year between September 1, 2006 and August 31, 2007, he said 700 personnel of state police and para-military forces laid down their lives throughout the country while defending its sovereignty. This, he said, includes 68 personnel of J&K Police and 24 personnel of para-military forces who laid down their lives in Jammu & Kashmir. He paid rich tributes to the fallen police and security forces personnel for protecting the lives and honour of the people and the integrity of the country.
Recalling sacrifices of the valiant cops, the Chief Minister made a special mention of SHO Udhay Veer Singh and his son Dy. S. P., Shaily Singh both of whom laid down their lives one after the other in the highest tradition of service unto death. He said while the father was killed fighting militants in Nanak Nagar, Jammu, the son who joined the Police after his father's martyrdom, was killed fighting militants in Bhadarwah this year. He said when he visited the family to pay his respects to the fallen policeman, his brave mother told him that she had two more sons to sacrifice for the country. He said brother of Shaily Singh has also joined the State Police to carry forward the family tradition of serving the country. He also cited instances of Dy. S. P., S. Sheetal Singh and his son, Dy. S. P, S. Jagtar Singh who died while fighting militants in Barmulla and Kathua, respectively. Likewise, he mentioned S. P., Nasir Ahmad and Dy. S. P., Ghulam Jeelani whose sons have taken on the mantle of their fathers following their death in action.
"During the last 18 years, the valour and commitment with which the J&K Police has fought militancy and protected the lives and property of the civilian population has established that our Police personnel are not lagging behind in any manner their counterparts in other states and security forces in the country", the Chief Minister observed.
The Chief Minister said that situation in Jammu & Kashmir was fast improving and gave full credit for it to police, para-military and army personnel who, he said, come from all parts of the country to defend its territorial integrity and protect the people of the State from anti-national forces. He said these personnel fight all odds and adversities and even lay down their lives for the cause. |
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