New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will lay a wreath at the National Police Memorial in New Delhi on October 21, on the Police Commemoration Day.

On October 21, 1959, 10 valiant policemen laid down their lives in an ambush laid by heavily armed Chinese troops at Hot Springs, Ladakh. Since then, October 21 is observed as Police Commemoration Day every year.

According to an official release from the Ministry of Defence, a joint parade of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Delhi Police will be held as part of the event.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, MPs with Police background, Heads of CAPFs/CPOs, amongst others, will also lay wreaths. Retired DGs, officers from the Police...