Ranchi, Oct 21 The Jharkhand Police on Wednesday paid tribute to its personnel who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty on the occasion of the national Police Commemoration Day.
DGP Tadasha Mishra, along with senior officers, paid floral tributes to the deceased personnel at the Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP-1) ground here.
IG (Operations) Narendra Kumar Singh said 154 personnel, including three from Jharkhand, lost their lives in the line of duty across the country between September 1, 2025, and August 31, 2026.
Sub-Inspector Hemant Bhagat of Dumka district and constables Sunil Ram and Santan Kumar Mehta of Palamu district were killed in the line of duty, he said.
“Constables Ram and Mehta were killed during an anti-Naxal operation at Kedal village within Manatu police station limits in Palamu district on September 4, 2025, while SI Bhagat was killed in a road accident while on duty clearing a blocked road in Shikaripara police station area of Dumka district on December 12,” Singh said.
A ceremonial parade was organised to honour the personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty.
Police Commemoration Day programmes were also organised in several districts, including Deoghar, Hazaribag, Palamu, Dumka, Garhwa, West Singhbhum and Ramgarh.
The National Police Commemoration Day is observed in memory of 10 CRPF personnel who were killed on this day in 1959 in an ambush by Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Hot Spring area.
(PTI News)
