Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta has selected 25 Punjab Police officers across districts for the coveted ‘Director General of Police Honour for Exemplary Sewa to Society’ for their exceptional community service on the frontlines of the Covid-19 operations and response activities in the State.
The awardees include four Superintendents of Police (SPs), one Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP), one Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP), six Inspectors, four Sub-Inspectors, three Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs), two Head Constables and four Constables.
The award would honour those who have done outstanding work by going beyond the call of duty in various kinds of humanitarian activities during the current corona pandemic.
“They are selected from various nominations sent by the Commissioners of Police and Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) for the award introduced on the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s initiative in the light of scale and sacrifice of over 45,000 policemen who are working relentlessly across the State along with social and religious organizations to realize the resolve that ‘no man will sleep hungry in Punjab’,” said the DGP Gupta.
Gupta said: “Nakodar ASP Vatsala Gupta did pioneering work in reaching out to the poor and underprivileged slum dwellers of Nakodar town, while Ropar DSP Varinder Jit Singh ensured supply of essential goods to the poor and needy by mobilizing volunteers. Ropar’s SI Jatin Kapoor motivated the Panchayats to impose a voluntary lockdown of their villages.”
Kharar Station House Officer (SHO) Bhagwant Singh proactively carried out the tracking and tracing of suspect coronavirus cases. Similarly, SBS Nagar SI Neeraj Chaudhary took the risk of visiting isolated corona patients to trace the contacts where the patients refused to cooperate with the epidemiologist and other doctors.
Pathankot SI Shohrat Mann is doing commendable work for the welfare of the people of Pathankot by providing food to the poor and the downtrodden. Fatehgarh Sahib SI Shakunt Chaudhary has also done commendable work as in-charge of a critical Naka point, said the DGP, giving details of the work done by some of the awardees.