A total of 566 personnel from state police and para-military forces like BSF, CRPF and NSG were killed during the period between September 1, 2011 and August 31, this year, according to official figures.
Uttar Pradesh Police topped the list of casualities with 133 followed by BSF (85), CRPF (57) and Jharkhand Police (43).
Punjab Police lost 29 personnel during the period while police forces in West Bengal suffered 28 and Chhattisgarh 24 casualties followed by Delhi (19), Odisha (18) and Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh (10 each).
The casualty figures for other state police forces were --Manipur (9), Meghalaya (8), Karnataka (5), Uttarakhand (5), Maharashtra (4), Nagaland (4), Assam (3), Himachal Pradesh (3), Tamil Nadu (3), Gujarat (1), Kerala (1), Rajasthan (1) and Tripura (1).
Nineteen RPF personnel also died during operations while the casualty figures for SSB was five and SPG and ITBP two each.
The Commemoration Day was observed today by various police organisations in the national capital. Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar took the salute on the occasion.
UPSC member K K Paul, IB Director N S Sandhu, V Rajagopal, Special Director