President of India Ram Nath Kovind would decorate a total of 25 policemen from Chhattisgarh with medals at the Republic Day function to be held in the national capital on Saturday. A Ministry of Home Affairs press release informed that gallantry medals would be awarded to-- I.K. Elesela , Superintendent of Police (SP) Economic Offence Wing (EOW), Mohit Garg, SP, Bijapur, Anil Kumar Soni, Additional SP, Narayanpur, Akash Rao Giripunje Sub Divisional Officer (Police) (SDOP), Manpur Rajnandgaon, Abdul Samir Khan Inspector, Rajnandgaon, Nilesh Pandey Inspector Rajnandgaon, Sonal Gwala, Inspector, Raipur, Devendra Darro, Inspector, Kondagaon, Late Mulchand Kanwar Sub Inspector Narayanpur (Posthumously), Late Pushparaj Nagwanshi Sub Inspector Kondagaon (Posthumously), Prakash Rathore Sub Inspector, Balrampur, Hanif Khan, Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI), Bijapur, Sangram Singh Dhruve ASI, Dantewada and Late Aditya Sharan Pratap Singh Constable Dantewada (Posthumously).
Similarly, S.S. Sori, Deputy Inspector General of Police, PHQ, Raipur has been selected for the reward of police medal for distinguished service. Police medals for exemplary service will also be conferred to Milna Kurre, Manoj Khilari, Najmus Saqib, Mohan Singh, Stephen Kujur, Balram Baghel, Omkar Das Sahu, Taj Khan, Julekha Begum and Sanjay Singh Baghel.