According to a statement from Delhi Police Friday, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) topped the list (113 deaths) followed by Uttar Pradesh Police (112) and Border Security Force (72).
West Bengal Police lost 24 men while Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh suffered 36 and 47 casualties respectively.
The figures for other states are: Delhi 15, Manipur 14, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and Tamil Nadu 13 each, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand 12 each, Orissa 11, Assam and Karnataka nine each, Andhra Pradesh six, Gujarat, Kerala, Meghalaya and Rajasthan five each, and Arunachal Pradesh four. Nagaland had three casualties. Sikkim
The Railway Police Force lost 27 personnel followed by Indo-Tibetan Border Police (18), Central Industrial Security Force (10), National Security Guard (3) and Sashastra Seema Bal (2).
In remembrance of those killed, the Commemoration Day Parade and a two-minute silence was observed here at a function where Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta took the salute.
The Commemoration Day is observed every year Oct 21 in memory of 10 personnel of CRPF who were ambushed and killed by Chinese forces in Ladakh region Oct 21, 1959.
Meanwhile, two top rebels of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were arrested from the western part of Meghalaya bordering Bangladesh
Dergrah Saronia alias Ananda Das, one of ULFA's central committee member, was arrested late Thursday from Chandaboi area in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, Border Security Force (BSF) spokesman Ravi Gandhi said.
He had sneaked in the country from Bangladesh
Based on Saronia's revelation, BSF troopers arrested Sarango Patowary of the ULFA pro-talk faction from Berangpara near Chandaboi.
'Patowary was in the border area to receive Saronia. We are interrogating both of them,' the BSF spokesman said.
Meghalaya shares a 443-km border with Bangladesh
During the preliminary questioning, Saronia revealed that he was staying in Bangladesh
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