Officers who supervised probes into the Manipur riots, online trading scams, big-ticket corruption and the post-poll violence in West Bengal are among 31 officers awarded police medals on the occasion of 76th Republic Day.
Six officers have been awarded the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service while 25 received the Police Medal for Meritorious Service, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said in a statement.
CBI Joint Director Ghanshyam Upadhyay was awarded the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
He supervised the probes into the post-poll violence in West Bengal, Manipur riots, Commonwealth Games corruption, land for jobs scam against Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family, 2024 NEET irregularities, important cases related to the Assam Ponzi scam, besides leading several complex special crime cases.
Joint Director (North East Region) Datla Sreenivasa Varma, who is supervising the probe into the online trading scam of Assam, and now post-poll violence cases of West Bengal and further investigation in the Manipur riots, has also been awarded the medal.
Assistant Inspector General (CBI, Policy Division) Tejpal Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police Naresh Kumar, Sub-Inspector Bhani Singh Rathore and Assistant Sub-Inspector Aikodan Balakrishnan are also among the awardees.
The Police Medal for Meritorious Service was awarded to 25 officers, including Joint Director Rajiv Ranjan -- who supervised the illegal mining case of Jharkhand involving an alleged close aide of the chief minister and the Saradha scam, among other corruption cases.
Deputy Director (Admin and Personnel) Kuldeep Dwivedi -- who supervised the probe into the Madhya Pradesh nursing scam and big-ticket corruption involving the seizure of huge cash -- also received the medal.