STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: A total of 777 police and paramilitary personnel have been awarded police medals while 100 have been decorated for gallantry, led by Jammu and Kashmir Police, on the occasion of Republic Day.
The gallantry tally is led by Jammu and Kashmir Police with 32 Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG) followed by the country’s largest paramilitary CRPF with 16 medals, Andhra Pradesh 12, the Border Security Force five medals, Chhattisgarh seven and one to Sashastra Seema Bal.
Out of the 100 bravery medals, ten have been decorated posthumously, with Manipur Police Inspector P Sanjoy Singh getting it for a record eighth time.
Interestingly, there have been no Presidents Police Medals for Gallantry (PPMG) awarded this year.
While the Jammu and Kashmir police got a majority of these decorations for counter-insurgency operations in the state, the Central Reserve Police Force got them for undertaking dare-devil exploits in anti-Naxal operations in Left Wing Extremism affected states. President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service: Yoginder Kaul, IGP, IRP, Jammu Police Medal For Gallantry: Tanweer Ahmed Jeelani (1 ST BAR TO PMG) (Dy. SP), Mumtaz Ali (1 ST BAR TO PMG) (Dy SP), Imtiaz Ahmed (Dy SP), Tariq Ahmed Wani (Dy SP), Pranav Mahajan (Dy SP Jammu Airport), Zaheer Abbas (Dy SP), Irshad Hussain Rather (1 ST BAR TO PMG) (Dy. SP), Syed Sajad Hussain (Dy SP), Iftkhar Ahmed (Dy SP), Nazir Ahmad Kuchay (S-I), Javaid Iqbal (SP), Manzoor Ahmad (S-I), RAM LAL (HC), Manzoor Ahmad Malik (SgCT), Sajad Hussain (ASP), Feroz Ahmad Itoo (Inspector), Selender Singh (HC), Manoj Kumar (SgCT), Dilraj Singh (1 ST BAR TO PMG) (Inspector), Manzoor Ahmad (HC), Khurshed Ahmad Khan (Const), Shakeel Ahmad Mir (SgCT), Farooq Ahmad Bhat (Const), Nazir Ahmad Kuchay (1 ST BAR TO PMG) (S-I), Irshad Ahmad Reshi (Inspector), Stanzin Ostal (S-I), Fayaz Ahmad (HC), Shamus -Ud-Din Lone (SgCT), Suresh Singh (SgCT), Gurjeet Singh (SgCT), Riyaz Ahmad Ganaie (S-I) and Gh. Ahmad Malik (1 ST BAR TO PMG) (HC) Police Medal for meritorious services: Gowhar Hussain Mir, Joint Director Prosecution; Ghulam Rasool Dar, Dy Director; Prabh Dayal Sharma, SP Dy CO IRP, Channi Himmat Jammu; Labhu Ram Sharma, SP Dy CO IRP, Baramulla; Ajaz Rasool Mir, Addl SP HQRS, Anantnag Kashmir; Aijaz Ahmad Mir, DySP, Khanyar Srinagar; Bhagwan Dass , DySP, Udhampur; Mohd Azeem Qureshi , DySP, Jammu; Deshbir Singh, Inspector , Jammu; Nissar Ahmad Bakshi , Inspector , Parimpora Srinagar; Farooq Hussain Shah, Inspector, Jammu; Ravinder Kumar Sharma, Inspector , Jammu; Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh , Sub Inspector , Jammu; Alif Din Khan, Sub Inspector, Baramulla; Sunder Singh, Sub Inspector, Jammu; Angrez Singh Manhas, Head Constable , Udhampur.
As per an official statement, personnel of Manipur and Assam police have been decorated with four gallantry medals each, Jharkhand nine and Uttar Pradesh got seven. “777 personnel have been awarded police medals on the occasion of the Republic Day this year. Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG) have been awarded to 100 personnel, President’s Police Medals for Distinguished Service to 80 personnel and Police Medal for Meritorious Service to 597 personnel,” the statement said.
