August 28
215 recruits today joined the Jammu Kashmir Police at a passing out parade here, which was reviewed by the Director General of Jammu Kashmir police S P Vaid.
]The recruits hailing from different parts of the state had undergone training at the Police Technical Training Institute (PTTI) in Samba district.
“It is a great pleasure that you are joining the police force which has made a name for itself owing to its huge sacrifices in the fight against Militancy over the last 30 years,” Vaid said while addressing the fresh recruits.
He said that as many as 1,660 policemen have been killed in the proxy war to maintain peace and safeguard the lives and property of the people in the state.
The DGP said no police force in the world has faced such a situation for so long which has made the state police a unique and most respected force in the country.