Twenty-two Delhi Police personnel, including two women, have been conferred with the police medals for exemplary service rendered by them. Three personnel of the Delhi Police, including Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Attar Singh and Inspector Ravinder Kumar Tyagi, currently posted with the Special Cell, have been awarded the Police Medal For Gallantry.
Tyagi was part of the 2008 encounter at Batla House in Delhi in which two suspected terrorists, Atif alias Bashir and Mohd Sajid alias Pankaj and police officer MC Sharma were killed.
The Batla House encounter, as it became known, had taken place on September 19, 2008, and two suspects were arrested. The deceased and other arrested militants were found responsible for over 65 terrorist incidents in different part of India.
Kamal Kant Vyas, Additional Commissioner of Police, and Surender Kumar Dahiya, assistant commissioner of police (ACP), have been conferred with the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
During his tenure in the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) as the deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Vyas ensured that history sheets of economic offenders were prepared for the first time, and a database was developed of property dealers involved in white collar crime in the EOW.
Dahiya, who served as the station house officer at Alipur, Janakpuri, Rohini and Model Town, police stations, was involved in busting several gangs of dacoits, robbers, burglars and snatchers and worked out numerous sensational cases of heinous nature.
Men and officers who have been conferred with the Police Medal for Meritorious Service are; DCPs Rajveer Singh Chauhan, Asif Mohammad Ali, Sanjay Bhatia, Dinesh Kumar Gupta, Additional DCP Varsha Sharma, ACP Shashi Bala, inspectors Som Nath Paruthi, Sandeep Malhotra, Raj Kumar, Krishan Prakash, Suresh Maskeen, Assistant Sub-Inspector Jitender Dogra, head constables Kishan Chand, Dev Kumar, Subhash Kumar, Ranbir Singh and Satish Kumar.
Out of the DCP's, Sanjay Bhatia, a 1996 DANIPS officer successfully pursued the pairvi of Jessica lal Murder Case, which resulted in conviction. He has also worked as an Additional DCP/Crime and cracked many sensational cases including AIIMS paper leak case, Niranjini (NRI) murder case, Neetu Solanki murder case.
DCP Varsha Sharma, a 1996 DANIPS officer has been in the police force for 21 years and solved sensational heinous cases in a highly professional manner (Quadruple murder case of Karol Bagh, MAMC Rape Case etc.) Sensitive issues of demolitions, Security arrangements at vital installations, General Assembly Elections, Student Union Elections were effectively supervised by her. She has been part of major law and Order arrangements (Common Wealth Games), Election & Recruitment duties.
Among the list of awardees is DCP Asif Mohammad Ali is credited with introducing digital initiative of Online Casual Performance license. He also holds additional charge of DCP/Welfare, wherein welfare activities/schemes for the entire Metropolitan Force is well executed and monitored in all the district of Delhi Police. One year deputation to Cyprus under UN Police gave him experience of international environment and conflict management skills.