55 get JK Police Medals
*3 from Ladakh too get PPMs
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 25: A total of 86 police personnel from Jammu and Kashmir and 3 from Ladakh have been awarded President’s Police Medals (PPMs) on the occasion of Republic Day. Among the 86 awards to J&K, 72 are Medals for Gallantry (GM), 2 President’s Medal for Distinguished Services (PSM) and 12 Medals for Meritorious Services (MSM) while 3 awards to Ladakh are for Meritorious Services. Besides this, 4 police personnel from J&K have been awarded Shaurya Chakra while 55 personnel bagged J&K Police Medals.
The personnel to receive President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (GM) are Deputy (Dy) SP Mohd Rafee Rather, DySP Dr Shammi Kumar, Senior Grade Constable (SgCT) Zakir Hussain, Inspector Ishfaq Ahmad, Head Constable (HC) Muzaffer Ahmad Bhat, DySP Sajad Ahmad Malik, Sub Inspector (SI) Sukh Dev, HC Manzoor Hussain Peer, HC Javaid Ahmad Chopan, SgCT Azad Ahmad Bhat, Follower Farooq Ahmad Bhat, DySP Qazi Shamas-Ul-Muzaffar Amin, ASI Mohinder Singh, SgCT Naseer Ahmad, SgCT Mohd Altaf Baghat, SP Tanushree (IPS), HC Muzaffar Ahmad, CT Mohmad Hussain Sofi, CT Mukesh Kumar, DySP Rohit Kumar, DySP Mohd Ashrif, ASI Amit Raina, HC Nazir Ahmad, SP Sudhanshu Verma (IPS), HC Mudasir Bashir Sheergojreey, DySP Mohan Lal, ASI Tariq Ahmad Laloo, SI Javid Ahmad Lone, SgCT Elyas Ahmad Khatana, SgCT Yogesh Singh, CT Mohmad Saleem Dar, CT Irfan Majeed Naik, DySP Faizan Ali, SgCT Aftab Ahmad, CT Mudasir Ahmad Malik and CT Sajad Ahmad Bhat.
The GM awardees also include PSI Rakesh Kumar Singh, CT Irfan Ahmad Bhat, SgCT Aftab Ahmad (1st BAR TO GM), SgCT Dilawar Hassan Magray, SgCT Shabir Ahmad, CT Mansoor Ahmad Sheikh, Inspector Yasir Rashid Bhat, CT Mushtaq Ahmad Wani, Inspector Abdul Rahman Khan, HC Farooq Ahmad Awan, DySP Mumtaz Ali, HC Farooq Ahmad Awan (1st BAR TO GM), HC Mohd Ayaz, CT Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh, DySP Sumit Kumar Sharma, ASI amit Raina (1st BAR TO GM), HC Farooq Ahmad Awan (2nd BAR TO GM), HC Aijaz Ahmad Khan, SgCT Waseem Sulaman Yatoo, HC Omer Hussain Wada, CT Ghulam Nabi BHat, HC Mohmad Maqsood Lone, SgCT Azad Ahmad Bhat (1st BAR TO GM), DySP Zafar Mahdi, SgCT Mohd Ashraf Sheikh, SSP Mohd Yousif, ASI Parmeet Singh, CT Ishtaq Ahmed Bhat, DySP Nissar Ahmad Darzi, Inspector Azim Iqbal, SgCT Danish Allahi Rather, HC Afaq Ali Dewani, HC Rajan Kumar, CT Sajad Ahmad Talee and Mohd Shafi.
The awardees of President’s Medal for Distinguished Services (PSM) are DySP/Assistant Director J&K Police Ashok Singh and DySP of J&K Police Manoj Kumar whereas the personnel to receive the Medals for Meritorious Services (MSM) are SSP Dalip Kumar, DySP Gurvinder Kour, DySP Abdul Hamid Dar, DySP Dev Raj, Inspector Yasir Arfat Malik, Inspector (C) Sunil Kumar Ganjoo, Inspector (S) Rakesh Kumar, SI Gh Nabi Shah, HC Abdul Rashid Najar, ASI Nisar Ahmad Mir, ASI (T) Ram Lal and SgCT Raman Kumar.
The police personnel who have been awarded Shaurya Chakra are DySP Mohal Lal Sharma, ASI Amit Raina, SI Faroz Ahmad Dar and Constable Varun Singh. They were awarded for being part of SOG Srinagar (Cargo). Besides this, 6 personnel have been awarded J&K Police Medals for Meritorious Service. They are DIG Abdul Qayoom Thakoo, SSP Rashmi Wazir, DySP Mohd Aijaz Batt, Inspector (C) Ashwani Kumar Angotra, Inspector Nisar Ahmad Wani and HC Rajinder Kumar.
Also, 49 personnel of J&K Police have been awarded J&K Police Medals for Gallantry (JKPMG). They are Inspector Harvinder Singh (1st BAR JKPMG), SI Ab Rehman (1st BAR JKPMG), HC Gh Mohmad Malik (1st BAR JKPMG), SgCT Iqbal Yaqoob Gukhed, CT Parvaiz Ahmad Dar, CT Tariq Ahmad Mir, CT Ishfaq Ahmad Malik, CT Manzoor Ahmad Khan-Afgan, HC Amit Shangloo, SgCT Mashooq Ahmad, SgCT Rakesh Kumar, SgCT Waseem Sulaman Yatoo, HC Asif Bilal Wani, SgCT Bilal Ahmad Wani, Follower Rafiq Ahmad Peer (2nd Bar JKPMG), SP Nikhil Borkar (IPS), ASI Ab Hamid, CT Irshad Ahmad Rather, DySP Furqan Qadir, SI Yousuf-Ul-Umer, HC Zubair Ahmad Sofi, SI Nazeer Ahmad Tantry, HC Ravi Kumar, DySP Rohit Kumar, ASI Mohd Yousuf Khan, ASI Kastoori Lal, HC Parvinder Singh, SgCT Aurangezeb, SgCT Aqib Ahmad Ahanger, DySP Rashid Younis, Insp Naseer Ahmad Mmalik, DySP Adnan-ul-Haq, SgCT Tanveer Ahmad Farooq, SgCT Jahangir Ahmad Paray, SgCT Mudasir Ahmad Dar, DySP Ajaz Ahmad, Insp Nazir Ahmad Kuchay, Insp Ajaz Hamad Sheikh, CT Zakir Hussain Mir, CT Irshad Rashid Raina, SSP Yougal Kumar Manhas, DySP Mohd Rafee Rather, ASI Mehboob Hussain Lone, HC Gulzar Ahmad, HC Gh Mohammad Chechi, Insp Suman Singh and PSI Rajat Magotra.
Moreover, 4 personnel of Home Guard and Civil Defence Service have been awarded President’s Medal for Distinguished Services and 27 have been awarded Medals for Meritorious Services. Likewise, 2 personnel of Correctional Service namely Irshad Ahmad Rather (Computer Assistant) and Shri Dhar (I/c SG Warder) have been awarded Medals for Meritorious Services.
From the Union Territory of Ladakh, 3 police personnel got President’s Police Medals for Meritorious Services (MSM). They are SSP CID Stanzin Losal, Inspector (Reader to SSP, DPO Leh) Tsering Gyurmat and SySP IRP 25th Battalion Jigmat Dorjay. Further, 1 personnel of Correctional Service namely Tashi Rabgais (Head Warder) has been awarded Medal for Meritorious Service.