Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma attended the Assam Police Commemoration Day programme at the 10th Assam Police Battalion campus in Kahilipara, Guwahati. Police Commemoration Day is observed every year on October 21 to honour police personnel who lost their lives while safeguarding the nation and protecting citizens.
Chief Minister Sarma paid solemn tribute to police personnel who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. He stated that 154 police personnel across the country lost their lives between September 1 of last year and August 31 of this year. During the same period,
Assam Police lost six of its personnel.
The Chief Minister paid heartfelt tributes to late Sub Inspectors Dulu Moni Medhi, Satyendra Malakar and Nabajit Das, late Havildar Jiten Chandra Bora and late Lance Naik Sevak Dutta and Amiya Sonowal. He further stated that
Assam Police had lost more than 900 officers and personnel in the line of duty since Independence. The programme was attended by in-charge Chief Secretary Ajay Tewari, Director General of Police Harmeet Singh and several other senior officials.
