Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy laying a wreath at the police memorial at Goshamahal in Hyderabad on the occasion of the Police Commemorative Day parade on October 21
A policeman pays floral tribute at the police memorial.
A view of the police memorial in Hyderabad.
Kiran Kumar makes a donation.
Kiran Kumar addressed the policemen on the occasion.
CM Kiran Kumar Reddy released a booklet to mark the day.
The personnel of the three services - Army, Navy and Air Force - are called 'martyrs' when they are killed during duty, but there is no official notification or order till date which states that police and paramilitary forces who get killed in anti-
The paramilitary and police forces in the country have lost 31,895 personnel in the last 53 years in the line of duty but they are still fighting for the 'martyr' status for the dead officers.
A day before the commemoration Day, there was a debate as why the policemen, who die on duty are not called martyrs unlike in the armed forces.
Kiran Kumar Reddy pays tribute to cops on Commemoration Day