Ferozepur police pays tribute to martyrs on National Police Commemoration Day
Ferozepur, October 21, 2026: National Police Commemoration Day was observed at Police Lines, Ferozepur Cantt, on Wednesday to honour police personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty, with senior police and civil administration officials paying floral tributes at the martyrs’ memorial.
DIG Ferozepur Range Snehaldeep Sharma, Deputy Commissioner Deepashikha Sharma and SSP Bhupinder Singh Sidhu led the tributes. Police personnel, families of martyrs and officials from the civil and police administration participated in the commemorative ceremony.
The police contingent, led by DSP Karan Sharma, presented an armed salute with reversed arms in honour of the martyrs. The gathering also observed a two-minute silence to pay homage to the personnel who sacrificed their lives in the service of the nation. Families of the martyrs were subsequently honoured.
Addressing the gathering, DIG Snehaldeep Sharma said the sacrifices of police personnel who laid down their lives for peace and security in the country and the state could never be forgotten. He recalled the incident of October 21, 1959, when a contingent of Indian police personnel deployed at Hot Springs in Ladakh came under a surprise attack by Chinese forces, in which 10 police personnel were killed.
He said that in 1960, a conference of Inspectors General of Police of all states decided that October 21 would be observed every year as Police Commemoration Day at district headquarters and other police units across the country in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice.
DIG Sharma reiterated that the Punjab Police remained committed to providing all possible assistance to the families of police martyrs.
Deputy Commissioner Deepashikha Sharma paid homage to the martyrs and said the Punjab Police had a proud history of sacrifice in safeguarding the unity, integrity and communal harmony of the country and maintaining peace and security. She said the sacrifices of police personnel had enabled people to live in peace and enjoy the freedoms of a secure society.
SSP Bhupinder Singh Sidhu said the Punjab Police stood firmly with the families of martyrs in every difficult situation. The names of officers and personnel of various security forces who had lost their lives in the line of duty were also read out as a mark of remembrance.
Later, the DIG, Deputy Commissioner and SSP interacted with the families of martyrs, heard their grievances and directed the concerned officials to take necessary steps for resolving their issues.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Ferozepur Anoop Singh, SP Manjit Singh, SP (H) Baljit Singh, DSP Sukhwinder Singh, DSP Barjinder Singh, DSP Zira Jaspal Singh, along with other civil and police administration officials, Home Guards personnel and family members of martyrs, were present on the occasion.