Salute to the brave hearts: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin pays tribute to police personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty on Police Memorial Day at the DGP office complex in Chennai on October 21, 2025. Also seen is DGP (in-charge) G. Venkataraman | Photo credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin attended the ‘Police Remembrance Day’ held at the state police headquarters on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) and paid tribute to police officers who laid down their lives in the line of duty. This is the first time that the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has attended the Police Remembrance Day event.
Police Remembrance Day is observed every year on 21 October to commemorate the 10 CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) victims who were killed in a surprise attack by Chinese troops in the Ladakh region in 1959 and the policemen who laid down their lives in the line of duty.
Chief Minister Mr. Stalin, Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Dheeraj Kumar, Director General of Police and Superintendent of Police (in charge) G. Venkataraman, Chennai Metropolitan Police Commissioner A. Arun and other serving and retired officers paid their respects at the police memorial located in the premises of the Director General of Police wreath.
Distribution of benefits
The Chief Minister passed appointment orders to 20 dependents on compassionate grounds under these appointments to 175 family members who died during service.
Further, checks of ₹1 million each were handed over for individual insurance benefits under the Comprehensive Pay Package Scheme of the Government of Tamil Nadu to the families of Tiruppur District Special Sub-Inspector M. Shanmugavel and Krishnagiri District Head Constable S. Jesmin Milton Raj, who lost their lives in the line of duty.
Besides, checks of ₹ 20 lakh each were handed over as ex-gratia (compassionate) payments to the families of Virudhunagar District Special Sub-Inspector P. Vivek Kumar and Krishnagiri District Head Constable S. Jesmin Milton Raj, who died in the line of duty.
The Chief Minister also handed over checks totaling ₹ 5.70 crore as individual accident insurance benefits and ex-gratia payments to the families of six employees.
Published – 21 Oct 2025 13:06 IST
