Twenty-one Delhi Police personnel, including a woman officer, have been awareded Police Medals for their exemplary services on the Independence Day. Delhi Police’s Special Cell members Sub-Inspector Krishan Kumar, Assistant SI Ajay Bir Singh, Head Constables Raj Kumar and Umesh Kumar have been awarded Police Medal for Gallantry.
The President’s Medal for Distinguished Service was awarded to Sub-Inspector Girdhari Singh. He has been associated with investigations and arrests in several sensational cases of robbery, forgery and kidnapping.
Sub-Inspector Kaushal Pandey is the lone woman officer of Delhi Police who has been awarded President’s Medal for Meritorious Service. Participating in a UN Mission in South Sudan, she was instrumental in saving lives of about 35,000 people who had taken shelter in the UN campus.
The Medals for Meritorious Service have been conferred on 16 officers, including Special Cell Inspectors Hridaya Bhushan and lalit Mohan Negi, who have been associated with probes and arrests in connection with terrorist activities in the Capital like attack on the Parliament and Red Fort shootout.
Ravinder Kumar Tyagi, ACP Model Town, has also been conferred the Medal for Meritorious Service. He served in Angola on a UN Mission and was awarded a medal by the world body.
Among the recipients of Meritorious Service Medal is Head Constable Bala Nath, who earned 92 rewards for his unblemished service and devotion to duty. Posted with the public relations office, Bala Nath is known for hard work and sincerity to his nature of duty.