A 1993-batch Odisha-cadre IPS officer, Sushant Kumar Nath, has been selected to receive the President’s police medal for distinguished service on the Republic Day on Thursday. Nath is currently officiating as IG (Modernisation) here at the police headquarters.
Besides Nath, another senior Odia police officer and Bhadrak Superintendent of Police (SP) Dilip Kumar Das would also receive the President’s medal this year, said a Press Release issued by the police headquarters on Tuesday.
Besides, 11 police officers of the State from different ranks, including Havildar Mohan Chandra Mallick and Constable Rameswar Naik, both from Kalahandi, are also selected to receive police medal for meritorious service on the Republic Day.
These officers are Koraput DIG S Shyni, Koraput Additional Superintendent of Police V Raghunath Rao, Titlagarh SDPO Dilip Kumar Purohit, Vigilance Directorate DSP Bibhudhendu Sahoo, Nayapalli police station IIC Suryamani Pradhan, Bhubaneswar Security Wing Inspector Geetarani Sethy, Bhubaneswar Special Branch Inspector Pramod Kumar Sahoo, Koraput SI Dalabandu Pradhan, CB CID ASI Subhas Chandra Mishra.