Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 25: On the eve of 67th Republic Day, President of India has announced President’s Police Medal for Gallantry, Disting-uished and Meritorious Services to 54 personnel from Jammu and Kashmir Police. The State Government has also honoured 30 personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police with Sher-e-Kashmir Police Medals for Meritorious and Gallantry services.
The Officers honoured with President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Services are IGP Police Technical Services, Hemant Kumar Lohia and DIG Central Kashmir Range, Ghulam Hassan Bhat.
President’s Police Medal for Gallantry awarded to the personnel include SSPs, Sheikh Zulfikar Azad, Mohammad Aslam, Imtiya Hussain Mir, Abdul Waheed Shah, Abdul Qayoom, Shoket Hussain, Imtiyaz Ismail Parray, Maqsood-ul-Zaman Baba, Abdul Jabar and Fayaz Hussain, DySPs Ashiq Hussain Tak, Irshad Hussain Rather, Rayaz Iqbal Tantray, Syed Javeed Ahmed, Zulafkar Ahmed Shaheen, Mumtaz Ali, Tanveer Ahmed Jeelani and Mohammad Aftab Awan, Inspector Arshad Hussain, Sub-Inspectors, Manzoor Ahmed and Nissar Ahmed, Head Constables, Sageer Ahmed Pathan, Vijay Bhan, Bashir Ahmed and Dilber Singh, 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.
Likewise, SSP Deepak Kumar Salathia, Deputy Director Prosecution, Nissar Hussain Drabu, SP Ghulam Nabi Khan, Additional SP, KS Jasrotia, DySPs, Tariq Khursheed, Kulbir Chand Handa, Mohan Lal Thakur and Riyaz Ahmed Bhat, Inspector, Janardan Singh Salathia, Sub-Inspectors, Romesh Kumar, Irshad Ahmed Jan and Pran Nath Koul, ASIs, Bashir Ahmed Lone and Puran Chand Verma, Head Constables, Dayal Singh, Mohammad Shafi Mir and Balwant Singh are honoured with President’s Police Medal for meritorious services.
Meanwhile, the officers awarded Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Meritorious Services include IGP, IRP Kashmir, Sunil Kumar, AIG (Personnel) PHQ, Tahir Sajad Bhat, Inspector CID, Jagdeep Singh and Head Constable, Mohammad Rafiq of Armed Police.
Similarly, awardees of Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry are ASP Javaid Iqbal, DySPs, Zaheer Abbas, Mohammad Nawaz Khandey, Sandeep Bhat, Sajad Sarvar, Tanweer Ahmed Jeelani, Mumtaz Ali, Qazi Shamas-ul-Muzaffar Amin, Sheikh Ishfaq Alam and Furkan Qadir, Inspectors, Tasleem Ahmed Khan, Firdous Ahmed Gabroo, Mohammad Ayob Wagay, Ghulam Jeelani Masoodi and Masrat Ahmed Mir, Sub-Inspectors, Nazir Ahmed Kuchey and Mudasir Hussain Zaroo, Head Constables, Mohammad Latif and Nasar Ahmed, Constables, Liakat Ali, Javaid Ahmed, Firdous Ahmed, Lokaish Padam, Mohammad Iqbal, Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat and Follower Shabir Ahmed Sohil.