After winning several medals, including President’s Jeevan Raksha Medal for bravery in foiling a kidnapping bid, Agra girl Nazia was further honoured by DGP OP Singh who on Wednesday ordered the district police chief of Agra to appoint her as a Special Police Officer (SPO) of the Taj city.
Nazia of Sadar Bhatti in Mantola area of Agra, met DGP OP Singh in lucknow on Wednesday evening after which the state’s top cop felicitated her with the assignment of SPO in Agra so that she could contribute to the image-building of police and also motivate people to help the law enforcing agencies in maintaining peace. In August 2015, Nazia hit the headlines when she saved a six-year-old girl from being kidnapped. She also worked for curbing gambling in her locality. In 2016, she was awarded President’s Jeevan Raksha Medal for saving the girl.
For the same act, Nazia was conferred with National Bravery Award by the Prime Minister in 2017 and Rani laxmi Bai Bravery Medal by the UP government in 2016. She has won about 40 awards for the act of bravery and other works.