Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant today led the people of the State to pay floral tributes in memory of those who laid their lives in struggle for freedom of India at the Martyrs Memorial at Azad Maidan, Panaji.
Chief Secretary, Shri Puneet Kumar Goel, IAS, Director, General of Police, Shri Jaspal Singh, IPS and other dignitaries paid floral tributes and also observed two minutes silence on the occasion.
During the solemn ceremony, the Police contingent presented arms (Salami Shastr) and Reverse arms (Shok Shastr) as mark of respect to the martyrs followed by bugles sounding the rouse. Upon culmination of the Last Post, the Police fired a single shot of gun fire in air to signal the start of two minutes of silence and fired the second shot of gun fire to signal the end of two minutes of silence.
Freedom Fighters, Secretaries to Government, Heads of Department among others were present on the occasion.
