A total of seven policemen have been selected for the top honour of the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) for their distinguished services in the State. Pawan Kumar Singh, ASP (Operations), Gumla, Deepak Kumar Pandey, SDPO, Deoghar, Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Chatra, Constable, District Forces, Raj Kumar Mallick, IG (provisions), Jharkhand, Kamal Nayan Chaubey, IG (BSF), Siliguri, Darjeeling, Ramanand Rajak, IRB-2, Chaibasa, Navin Kumar Pandey, District Forces, Hazaribagh would be felicitated by Governor Draupadi Murmu on the Republic Day at Morhabadi Ground.
Pawan Kumar Singh was nominated by Chief Minister Raghubar Das for his achievement linked with incident dated February 24, 2014. The ASP and the then-SDPO from Gumla Deepak Pandey were a part of the joint attack by the state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), which killed hardcore Maoist lalman.
lalman was shot dead and a huge quantity of arms and ammunitions was recovered in Gumla in the same operations. The man was wanted by the police in more than a dozen criminal cases.
Constable Sanjay Yadav had killed Maoist Jitendra Alias Bhuinya and injured another at the Naxal-affected area of Pratapur in Chatra district on September 18, 2012. He had also seized an AK-47, six more weapons and huge quantity of ammunitions.
IG (Provision) Raj Kumar Mallick has been chosen for his distinguished service in the past 23 years of his career. He has been the recipient of several honours before this.