To honour the men in khaki who sacrificed lives in the line of duty, senior Chandigarh Police officials will visit their schools and native places on October 21 to pay homage.
October 21 is observed as police commemoration day.
A recent order issued by the office of Chandigarh's Director General of Police, Tajender Singh Luthra, stated that special teams will visit schools, in which these valiant men studied, to pay homage to them.
The measure is a part of the directives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a conference of senior police officials in the past, sources said.
"The officers will visit schools of martyrs and address students in the assemblies there to make the children aware about how a student like them performed exemplary service for the nation," Luthra told PTI over the phone.
The teams will be led by DSP rank officials and will also carry a picture of the person who made the supreme sacrifice so that it can be prominently displayed in the school, he added.
The idea is to pay homage to those who have made the supreme sacrifice and make the younger generations aware of their contribution, he said.
Teams of Chandigarh Police officials will also visit the families of these men on the day.
According to officials, at least six officers of the Chandigarh Police have laid down their lives in the line of duty.
They are Inspector Jagjit Singh, ASI Amarjit Singh, ASI Amin Chand, ASI Lalu Ram, SI Amarjit Singh and Inspector Sucha Singh, officials said.
"This initiative is in the right direction. Families of those who lay down their lives, even as they are proud of the sacrifice, have to undergo a lot of suffering. This recognition may go a long way in supporting them," said Shanti Devi, wife of ASI Amin Chand, who lost his life in a bomb blast triggered by militants to target the police force in 1991.
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