The CBI officers who probed Satyam, Vyapam and demonetisation-related cases are among the 28 officers who have been awarded with distinguished and meritorious service medals on the occasion of Republic Day. Officers and jawans from BSF, CRPF, ITBP, NSG, SSB and CISF were also awarded with distinguished and meritorious police medals on the eve of the Republic day.
AYV Krishna, Joint Director of CBI from Hyderabad unit, had probed the infamous multi-crore Satyam scam by investigating complex maze of accounts books and other details and managed to file charge sheet within three months. His probe saw conviction of Satyam Chief Ramalinga Raju and others along with severe fine. Krishna has been awarded President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service this year.
Tarun Gauba, DIG, posted in Chandigarh was involved in the probe of Vyapam scam which had rocked the political scene as allegations of corruption were levelled in the selection of candidates through Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board also known as Vyapam.
Other officers who have been awarded with President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service include SP Sushil Prasad Singh, PC Thenmozhi, Additional SP Devendra Singh, Deputy SP Kishan Singh Negi, Inspector Bansi Dhar Tiwari and Assistant Sub Inspector G Satyanarayana.
A daredevil BSF jawan Abhijeet K Singh has been decorated with the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) for single-handedly killing two heavily-armed Pakistani drug smugglers in the dead of night along the International Border in Punjab.
The country's largest border guarding force was awarded a total of 53 medals this Republic Day with the distinguished decorations going to Deputy Inspector General Ram Awtar and IG Pankaj Goomer. Awtar, a veteran of anti-Naxal operations, has led his troops in Jammu and Kashmir and will soon take over as the new commander of the BSF in Jammu region
Four NSG officers Sanjay Pant, Ish Aul, Vivek Bhandral and Virendra Singh Rautela were also awarded for meritorious services
Fifteen ITBP personnel have been awarded the President's Police Medal for their distinguished and meritorious services on the eve of the Republic Day. The awardees for the distinguished service medals include Deputy Inspector General Devinder Singh and Inspector Joginder Singh, while those in the meritorious service include Sub-Inspector Gambhir Singh among others.
Thirty-four CISF personnel were decorated with the Presidents Police Medals for distinguished and meritorious service. Among the six awardees under the distinguished medals category are IG Anant Kumar Singh, who has also been decorated with the police medal for gallantry in 2009, for leading an operation that unearthed a Naxals' weapons making factory in Bhopal.