On the occasion of Police Commemoration Day, Tapan Deka, Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), on Tuesday paid homage to police personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty and said that a total of 36,684 police personnel have made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty since Independence.

Addressing a gathering at the National Police Memorial in Delhi, Deka said, “Today, on Police Commemoration Day, we all gather at the National Police Memorial to pay tribute to the brave police personnel who have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty over the past year. We also pay homage to all our departed colleagues who have made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty since India’s independence.”

“On this day, October 21, 1969, 10 CRPF personnel, led by Karam Singh, DCIO of

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