'Everyday we fight crime; today we fight our tears as well... '

Pictures by: Ashutosh Tripathi

Lucknow: Khaki was their identity, crime-free Uttar Pradesh was their dream, they left their loved ones in tears for the sake of people whom they had not even known personally....

Their children lost fathers who was fighting for the safety of hundreds of children in the state, their wives lost husbands who was out every night to secure all the women, their mothers lost sons who was surviving bullets, so that any mother in the state would not have to see her son in trouble.... Their friends lost a dear companion for you to enjoy with your gang out in a crime free environment...

This is how Uttar Pradesh police works.... Day and night, tirelessly, fearlessly and selflessly...

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When you are laughing out loud, there are some families who are hiding the pain of losing their loved ones behind their smiles and when today the nation is observing the Police commemoration day, newstrack.com brings you some of the heart touching pictures of the event....

Check out the pictures in slides ahead...