54 police personnel awarded president's medals

Officers honoured with President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service are IGP Police Technical Services, Hemant Kumar Lohia and DIG Central Kashmir Range, Ghulam Hassan Bhat, it was announced by Government of India today.

President's Police Medal for Gallantry has been awarded to SSPs Sheikh Zulfikar Azad, Mohammad Aslam, Imtiyaz Hussain Mir, Abdul Waheed Shah, Abdul Qayoom, Shoket Hussain, Imtiyaz Ismail Parray, Maqsood-ul-Zaman Baba, Abdul Jabar and Fayaz Hussain.

Dy SSPs, Ashiq Hussain Tak, Irshad Hussain Rather, Rayaz Iqbal Tantray, Syed Javeed Ahmed, Zulafkar Ahmed Shaheen, Mumtaz Ali, Tanveer Ahmed Jeelani and Mohammad Aftab Awan have also been awarded the President's police medal.

Inspector Arshad Hussain, Sub-Inspectors, Manzoor Ahmed and Nissar Ahmed, Head Constables, Sageer Ahmed Pathan, Vijay Bhan, Bashir Ahmed and Dilber Singh have also been awarded the President's police medal.

Others include constables, Ashraf Nabi, Showkat Ahmed, Mushtaq Ahmed, Zakir Hussain Mir, Ankit Koul Mukhtar Ahmed, Ramees Ahmed Bhat, Parvaiz Ahmed Khan, Zaffar Iqbal Naik and Follower Aijaz Hussain.

The officers who have been awarded with President's police medal for meritorious service include, SSP Deepak Kumar Salathia, Deputy Director Prosecution, Nissar Hussain Drabu, SP Ghulam Nabi Khan, Additional SP, KS Jasrotia, Dy SSP, Tariq Khursheed, Kulbir Chand Handa, Mohan Lal Thakur and Riyaz Ahmed Bhat.

The other awardees include Inspector Janardan Singh Salathia, Sub-Inspectors, Romesh Kumar, Irshad Ahmed Jan and Pran Nath Koul, Assistant Sub inspector Bashir Ahmed Lone and Puran Chand Verma.

Head Constables, Dayal Singh, Mohammad Shafi Mir and Balwant Singh.

Director General of Police K Rajendra Kumar has congratulated the awardees.

He said the contribution of the Organisation at various fronts of policing has been recognised at national level and all ranks of the force are committed to deliver better for the Nation.

Meanwhile, the Director General of Police, Prisons, SK Mishra awarded the Director General's Prison Medal to ten officers, officials of the Prisons Department on the eve of Republic Day for their consistent and outstanding performance.