Our Correspondent
Imphal, Oct. 19 (EMN): The 125th Anniversary celebration of Manipur Police was held at the 1st Battalion Manipur Rifles parade ground on Thursday.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh was the chief guest and was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar, Ministers, MLAs, top civil, police, paramilitary and army officers.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Biren said that Police Department is the backbone of State administration, the Chief Minister stressed on transparency, honesty, dedication, commitment and hard work of the Department. “Police are the mirror of the government.
Any error by the police department often leads to a negative image of the government,” Singh said.Police not only work in the service of the people day and night but also even sacrifice their lives in safeguarding public lives and properties, the Chief Minister said while urging the public not to make derogatory remarks against the police for small mistakes.
Biren further said that the State Government would enforce a new transfer and posting policy for the employees, especially for police, teachers, doctors and nurses from January 1 next year.
In his speech, DGP Manipur LM Khaute said that Manipur Police had made remarkable progress in maintaining law and order, investigation, protection of lives and properties of the public and sports etc.
He said that Manipur Police which had opened a separate Cyber Crime Police Station besides deputing a separate SP for Traffic Police had been able to bring around 3300 militants to mainstream so far.
Earlier, the Chief Minister took salute from 25 march-past contingents of CRPF, civil police (male and female), police commandos, Manipur Rifles, India Reserve Battalion, Home Guards, VDF personnel, NCC Cadets, Manipur Police Dog Squad and Manipur Police Bomb Disposal Squad.
On the occasion, a total of 982 police officers and other ranks and a total of 84 officers and other ranks of Assam Rifles, BSF and CRPF were awarded DGP Commendation Roll and Disc in recognition of their outstanding performance of duty in various fields including investigative works, law and order, counter insurgency operations etc.
A souvenir, which contains the works and progress made by Manipur Police in the past 125 years, was also released, at the occasion.
