Police forces play a pivotal role in maintaining internal security, ensuring public safety and upholding law and order, said Khammam Collector Divakara T.S.

He was speaking at a Police Commemoration Day ceremony at the police parade grounds in Khammam on Wednesday.

The Collector, along with Police Commissioner Sunil Dutt, paid floral tributes at the police martyrs’ memorial.

The names of 155 police personnel who had laid down their lives in the line of duty across the country during the year were read out at the ceremony.

Mr. Divakara said cybercrime, online fraud and other emerging forms of criminal activity posed significant challenges to society.

He added that the Telangana Police was at the forefront of using technology to combat such crimes.

In Karimnagar, Collector Chitra Mishra and Police Commissioner Gaush Alam and others paid homage to police martyrs at the memorial in police parade grounds.

In Adilabad, Principal District and Sessions Judge K. Prabhakara Rao, Collector Rajarshi Shah and Superintendent of Police Akhil Mahajan laid wreaths at the police martyrs’ memorial.  

Adilabad MP Godam Nagesh, MLA Payal Shankar and others attended the ceremony.

Commemorative parades were also held elsewhere in north Telangana to honour police personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty.