Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will confer Police Medals to 39 police personnel on the Independence Day on Thursday.
While 26 cops would receive Police Medal for Gallantry, two officials would get the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and 11 others would be conferred with the Police Medal for Meritorious Service, informed an official release.
The medals will be presented at the Investiture Ceremony at the Jayadev Bhawan at 11.30 am.
Those who will get the Police Medal for Gallantry include Kandhamal SP Prateek Singh, Koraput ASP Niranjan Sahu, an ASI, Havildars, Constables, Commandos and Subedars working in different districts.
The two cops who would receive President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service are Gyanaranjan Mohapatra,
DSP, Bhubaneswar and Asim Kumar Panda, ACP, Bhubaneswar.
The Police Medal For Meritorious Service will be conferred on Naba Kishore Das, Commandant, Dhenkanal; Ajay Kumar Padhi, Deputy Commandant, Bhubaneswar; Ashok Kumar Deo, DSP, Bhubaneswar;
Prafulla Kumar Singh, ACP (Security), Bhubaneswar; Pradyumna Kumar Dwivedy, DSP, Vigilance Directorate, Cuttack; Snigdha Bhanja, DSP, EOW, Bhubaneswar; Bikram Keshari Jena, Inspector of Police, Khordha; Brahmananda Panda, SI of Police, Bhubaneswar; Kailash Chandra Pradhan, ASI of Police, Sambalpur; Alexander Kujur, Havildar, Jharsuguda and Bipra Charan Gouda, Constable, Vigilance, Brahmapur.