Madikeri:

The spirit of sacrificing one’s life for the cause of the nation is fuelled by a high degree of patriotism, Chief Executive Officer of Kodagu Zilla Panchayat Mirza Akbarulla said here on Wednesday.

He was addressing police personnel at the police parade grounds here on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day.

It was everybody’s bounden duty to remember the supreme sacrifice of police personnel in defence of people and property, Mr. Akbarulla said. Police personnel who had laid down their lives fighting for peace in the country should be remembered always, he said and quoted examples of those who sacrificed their lives during the November 26, 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

Deputy Commissioner K.H. Ashwatha Narayana Gowda, who led others in paying rich tribute to police personnel who had died in the line of duty, said society should remember with gratitude the sacrifice of the police personnel.

Superintendent of Police, Manjunath Annigeri, who welcomed earlier, read out the names of 833 police personnel who had laid down their lives in the line of duty across the nation in the last one year. Three rounds of volleys were fired in the air to pay respects to the police personnel.

Those who laid wreaths at the police memorial included president of the zilla panchayat V.M. Vijaya; Mr. Gowda; Additional Deputy Commissioner K.M. Chandre Gowda; Mr. Akbarulla; Mr. Annigeri; Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa (Retired); Col. Uthaiah (Retd.); Home Guards Commandant, Kodagu, Maj. O.S. Chingappa; Madikeri CMC Commissioner Srikanth Rao; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Madikeri, J.D. Prakash; Somwarpet DYSP M. Narayana; Virajpet DYSP Annappa Naik; Madikeri tahsildar Devaraju; president of Retired Police Officers Association M.A. Appaiah, and journalists K. Thimmappa and Anu Cariappa.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / October 22nd, 2009