Three IPS officers of Punjab —Rohit Choudhary, Kuldeep Singh and Arpit Shukla have been awarded the President’s Police Medal for their Distinguished Service on the occasion of Independence Day this year. Besides, 16 other Police officers or officials have also been awarded Police Medals for their Meritorious Service.
Rohit Choudhary is currently posted as additional director general of police, Railways, at Patiala, while Kuldeep Singh is
IGP-cum-Additional Director, Punjab Police Academy at Phillaur.
Arpit Shukla is Jalandhar Police Commissioner, and is a member of four-member special investigation team (SIT) probing into the murderous attack on RSS Punjab unit deputy head Brigadier Jagdish Gagneja.
IPS officer Jaskaran Singh, posted as DIG (Crime), along with PPS officers State Narcotic Control Bureau AIG Bhupinder Singh, Administration AIG Arun Saini, SP (Investigation) Paramjit Singh Goraya, have been awarded Police Medal for Meritorious Service.
Besides, Inspectors Gurcharan Singh, Tarlochan Singh, Narinder Pal, and sub-inspectors lakhbir Singh, Inderjit Singh, Mangal Singh, Gurcharan Singh, Harjinder Singh, and ASIs Jagmail Singh, Balwinder Kumar, Kulwinder Singh, and head constable Madan lal have also been awarded Police Medal for Meritorious Service.