A total 80 policemen will be feted with the Presidents Police Medal including one for Gallantry services, on the occasion of Republic Day.
Interestingly, the lone winner of gallantry medal from UP Police happens to be Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s Personal Security Officer (PSO) and Deputy SP, Ram Nayan Singh. He has been with the Home Minister for about a decade.
As per a Home Department communiqué, 7 police officers were selected for President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and 72 cops for Police Medal for Meritorious Service.
The seven officers are Additional DG (Police Headquarters) BP Jogdand, IG (Allahabad zone) Braj Bhushan, IG (Technical Services) Prem Chand Meena, IG (Agra Zone) Durga Charan Mishra, DIG (PAC headquarter, lucknow) RKS Rathore, Deputy SP (Mirzapur) Sanjay Choudhury and Inspector Gorakh Nath Yadav.
Among the 72 prominent officials selected for Police Medal for Meritorious Service are SP (NIA, New Delhi) Prashant Kumar, DIG ( Meerut range) laxmi Singh, SP (CB-CID) Dinesh Chandra, and Additional SP (ACO HQ lucknow) JS Gautam.
Meanwhile, DGP Javeed Ahmed has selected 250 cops for different meritorious services on Republic Day. Of these, 50 cops including three from the ATS and 7 from STF have been selected for Distinguished Service and they will also be given Rs 10,000 each. Altogether 200 cops would be given medals for Meritorious Service and they will also be given Rs 5000 each.