Twenty one officers and men of the Delhi Police have been awarded Police Medals on the occasion of Republic Day. While four of them received President’s Police Medal for distinguished service, 17 others received Police Medal for meritorious service.
Former Special Commissioner of Police (legal Cell and Research) Satyendra Garg (Now Joint Secretary, North- East, Ministry of Home Affairs), Addittional CP (Operations) Ranvir Singh, Vice Principal-II/PTC Ravi Shanker and Inspector Ramesh Kumar have been awarded President’s Police Medal for distinguished service.
Satyendra Garg has served in Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Delhi in various capacities. He was awarded Police Medal for meritorious services in 2008 while serving in Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.
Ranvir Singh has taken several innovative measures for the up gradation of communication system and was instrumental in launch of Himmat mobile phone based application. He activated intelligence mechanism and rescued 28 Nepali girls from human trafficking.
In his career, Ravi Shanker has led operations that led to arrest of more than a hundred of terrorists of different outfits. He has often put the life at grave risk during such operations in different parts of the country.
Ramesh Kumar apprehended three Kashmiri militants and recovered two .32 bore loaded revolvers and right live cartridges from them as a sub-inspector in 1991. In the year 1999, he was selected for deployment in United Mission in KOSOVO as member of International Peace Keeping Force.
Among those who have been awarded Police Medal for Meritorious Service include ACP laxmi Narain, Inspector (Steno.) Prem Ballabh, sub-inspector (Exe.) Ramesh Chander, sub-inspector Usha Rani (Now Inspector), head constable (Exe.) Pankaj Nanda, head constable (Dvr.) Jagbir Singh Sajwal and Ct. (Exe.) Harsh Singh.