CURATED BY – BHAGWAN DAS BERAGI | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Shajapur, 10 policemen were martyred during their duty in an ambush attack by heavily armed Chinese soldiers at Hot Springs in Ladakh on 21 October 1959, since then Police Smriti Diwas is celebrated every year on 21 October to honor these martyrs and all the police personnel who died while performing their duty. In this regard, a Police Smriti Parade was organized on Police Smriti Diwas at Shaheed Smarak Parade Ground of Police Line Shajapur on Monday. During this, Superintendent of Police Yashpal Singh Rajput read out the names of the police officers and employees who were martyred in the country in the past and paid tribute to them. After this, the martyrs were saluted by the Police Smriti Parade and the parade march took place. During the program, all the officers and employees paid tribute to the martyred soldiers by offering flowers. In the memory of the martyred soldier, District Collector Riju Bafna honored the martyr families by giving shawl and coconut. On this occasion, ASP TS Baghel, Sub-Divisional Officer Manisha Vaskale, Sub-Divisional Officer of Police Gopal Singh Chauhan, Reserve Inspector Vandana Singh along with police officers, employees and family members of the martyr were present.

Wreath laying on the statue of Amar Shaheed Shivdayal Singh Chauhan

On the occasion of Shaheed Diwas, as per every year, this year also, he was remembered by garlanding the statue of Shaheed Shivdayal Singh Chauhan of Shajapur installed in Balkrishna Naveen Mahavidyalaya Shajapur. Shajapur MLA Arun Bhimavad, District Panchayat CEO Santosh Tagore, Municipality Vice President Santosh Joshi, Public Participation President Vipul Kasera, College Principal BS Vibhuti etc. were present as guests in the program. During the program, MLA Bhimavad garlanded the statue of Shaheed Chauhan by applying tilak and lamp. He also requested the college administration to celebrate Shaheed Diwas in a more grand manner every year and invite the common citizens to it. In this program, students doing excellent work in the college should be honored. On this occasion Vijendra Singh Ramgarh, Raghuveer Singh, Tej Singh and other students were present.