Telangana and AP states Tuesday remembered the policemen who laid down their lives on duty.Chief ministers led their respective states in paying tributes to the martyrs on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao laid wreath at police martyrs' memorial at Shivkumar Lal Stadium in Hyderabad. Speaking on the occasion TS CM called upon the people to treat police personnel as heroes and not as villains.
The Chief Minister announced several sops to the police department families including a hike in the payment of compensation to martyrs’ families. Here are the sops that was offered by KCR to Police personals
An amount of Rs 40 lakh would be paid to the bereaved families of police constables and Head constables
Rs 45 lakh for Sub-inspectors, Rs 50 lakh for Circle Inspectors and Deputy Superintendents of Police
Rs One crore to IPS rank officers
A hike in the daily allowance of police constables from Rs 90 to Rs 250.
Gazetted officers status would be accorded to Sub-Inspectors
Supply of 50,000 CUG phones
Medical checkups once six months to all police who cross 40 years of age.
The Chief Minister said his government was committed to ensure complete law and order in the State and also in safeguarding the lives of the people.
