Additional Director General (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar will be awarded the President's Police Medal for Gallantry this year.
Besides, five officers have been selected for distinguished service and 72 policemen for their long and outstanding services. These medals and commendation discs which will be handed over to the recipients on the occasion of Republic Day were announced on Tuesday.
As per a list released by the Union Home Ministry, Prashant Kumar is the only officer who got a medal for bravery. The officers who will be given President’s Medal for Long and Distinguished Services include ADG (Fire Service) Vijay Prakash, who is now on Central deputation, Deoria SP Shripati Mishra, assistant radio officers Sushil Pandey an Mishrilal Shukla and Sub-Inspector with Kanpur Police Commissionerate, Krishna Chandra Mishra.
Along with this, 72 police officers/personnel have been selected for Meritorious Service which include IG of Agra Range, Nachiketa Jha, DCP *Traffic) in Lucknow Police Commissionerate, Subhash Chandra Shakya, SP (Vigilance) Arvind Chaturvedi and ASP at Aligarh, Rajesh Kumar Srivastava among others.