On 21st October 2024, DEF Mokokchung observed Police Commemoration Day with the rest of the nation the Police Commemoration Day at New Reserve Mokokchung. Sr.SP. Mokokchung Vesupra Kezo NPS along with other police officers laid wreath at the cenotaph and paid respect to the 214 police personnel including four personnel from Nagaland Policemen namely Hav. A. Nikiye Tsuipu of 10th NAP (IR), C/N (Drv) Khetopu Awomi of 14th NAP (IR), C/N (GD) Wetelhou Losou of 10th NAP (IR) and C/N (GD) Akangluba of 10th NAP (IR) who had sacrificed their lives for the security and safety of the country during the year.
The Indian Police Commemoration Day is observed on October 21 each year, has its origins in a tragic event in 1959 involving a rescue mission led by DCIO Karam Singh. On that fateful day, a group of Indian police personnel in Aksai Chin area of Ladakh was ambushed by Chinese forces. Ten brave Indian policemen lost their lives in the line of duty, stated Addl. Superintendent of Police & PRO, Mokokchung, Nagaland in a press release.
The dead bodies of the deceased were handed over by the Chinese on November 13, 1959 and cremated at 8 am on November 14 at the hot springs in Ladakh. A martyrs memorial was erected there. Every year, police party visits the hot springs, which is located in an extremely difficult altitude of 16000 feet to pay homage at the memorial. In 1960, the heads of police of all states of India decided in a conference to observe October 21 as Police Commemoration Day throughout India, it stated.
