Mumbai:
On an average 120 Mumbai police personnel have died while on duty every year since 2002 till date, with 98 per cent of them succumbing to various ailments, including cardiac arrest, according to an RTI reply.
The RTI figures also reveal that 15 personnel committed suicide on an average every year in the last one decade.
A total of 1,341 policemen died while on duty between 2002-12, and among them 347 (25 per cent) died of cardiac arrest while 167 men ended their lives by committing suicide, the information says.
The highest number of 687 deaths were reported from the armed police wing, followed by motor transport department with 86 deaths.
Armed Police wing is a reserved force which is kept on standby for any emergency situation or to maintain law and order condition in the city. This wing's personnel regularly undergo arms usage training.
The RTI information, however, did not specify the designation of the policemen.
Causes of the deaths included ailments like diabetes, hypertension, heart-related problems among others.
"Due to long duty hours, a policeman cannot plan his day. He or she doesn't get time to do exercise. Moreover, when the policemen are deployed at any place, they have the food available there, which may be sometimes unhealthy," Additional Police Commissioner (Crime) Niket Kaushik said.
The RTI figures also reveal that 15 personnel committed suicide on an average every year in the last one decade.
A total of 1,341 policemen died while on duty between 2002-12, and among them 347 (25 per cent) died of cardiac arrest while 167 men ended their lives by committing suicide, the information says.
The highest number of 687 deaths were reported from the armed police wing, followed by motor transport department with 86 deaths.
Armed Police wing is a reserved force which is kept on standby for any emergency situation or to maintain law and order condition in the city. This wing's personnel regularly undergo arms usage training.
The RTI information, however, did not specify the designation of the policemen.
Causes of the deaths included ailments like diabetes, hypertension, heart-related problems among others.
"Due to long duty hours, a policeman cannot plan his day. He or she doesn't get time to do exercise. Moreover, when the policemen are deployed at any place, they have the food available there, which may be sometimes unhealthy," Additional Police Commissioner (Crime) Niket Kaushik said.
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