Click to play videoJammu: The Jammu and Kashmir police are counting their martyrs who will finally get an official recognition. The state’s first police memorial lists names of hundreds of policemen killed on duty.
Jyoti's husband, Dheeraj Kohli - who lost his life in a fidayeen attack at Raghunath Mandir in 2002 – is on e of them.
"It's a tribute to me who died fighting here. For us, it is a moment of pride and grief. They have left small children behind," says Jyoti.
Over the last 19 years, the state police have lost over 800 of its men and more than 600 special police officers. Most of the victims being locals, their families’ lives are still in threat.
Many of them live in remote, militancy-hit areas of the Valley.
“We are living in fear. We are never sure if we will return home alive after work each day,” says Fatima Bano, a martyr's wife.
Some of those serving in the force do not even come home for a visit. They have rented rooms in cities and safer places where they meet their families.
But despite the threat to life, young men are joining the force in large numbers. Compared with 40,000 in 1990, there are over 80,000 police personnel in the state now. They are also getting modern training.
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