Shillong, October 21: The BSF Meghalaya Frontier paid homage to 370 martyrs of all Central Armed Police Forces and State Police Organizations who have made supreme sacrifice for the nation on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day on Saturday.

As many as 54 BSF personnel including 6 Subordinate Officers and 48 other ranks laid down their lives while performing duties in different parts of the country.

Two Meghalaya State Police personnel also laid down their lives while performing their duties.

On the commemoration day, names of all martyrs of police and Central Armed Police Forces who sacrificed their life during last one year were read out by Dr Sabu A Joseph, Dy Inspector General of the Meghalaya Frontier and two minutes silence was observed to pay homage to all the martyrs.

Police Commemoration Day is observed every year on October 21 in remembrance of the 10 CRPF personnel who were killed on this day in 1959 at Hot Spring Post in Ladakh on the Indo-China border.

Dr Sabu A Joseph, laid wreath at War Memorial and paid homage to the martyrs. All officers and men of the BSF Meghalaya frontier headquarter in Shillong and local units were present during the parade.

Similar programme was also organized at the sector headquarter in Tura.