Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 14: On the eve of Independence Day, 41 officers and personnel of Jammu Kashmir Police have been announced prestigious President Police Medal and Police Medal Awards for their gallantry and meritorious services.
Two Additional Director Generals of Police and one Inspector General of Police are the recipient of President Police Medical for Distinguished Services. They are S Gopal Reddy, presently on deputation as ADGP Technical Services Hyderabad; Navin Aggarwal, ADGP Youth Services and Sports and Rauf Ul-Hassan IGP AP/IRB Kashmir.
President’s Police Medal for Gallantry has been announced awarded to SP Imtiyaz Hussain Mir, Constable Ajit Singh, Head Constable Sheraz Ahmad (Posthumously) and Constable Gulzar Ahmad (Posthumously).
SP Bhim Sen Tuti, presently on Central deputation, SP Ramban Javid Iqbal Mattoo, SP Tahir Sajjad Bhat and three martyrs among 18 cops are recipient of Police Medal for Gallantry. They included DySP Iftkhar Talib, DySP Zoheb Tanveer, DySP Zahoor Ahmad, Inspector Manzoor Ahmad (Posthumously), SI Veer Bahadur Singh Rathore, SI Romesh Lal, ASI Showkat Ahmad (Posthumously), HC Randheer Singh (Posthumously), HC Mohd Rafiq, HC Shabir Ahmad, HC Farooq Ahmad, Constable Sunil Kumar, SG Constable Amit Raina, Constable Karanjeet Lal and Constable Vishal Sharma.
Police Medal for Meritorious Services has been announced to 16 Police officers including Tsewang Namgayal, IGP in PM’s SPG, Abdul Qayom Sofi (SP Enforcement, Srinagar), Nazir Ahmad Naikoo ( DySP GRP Kashmir), Ali Mohd Shah (DySP Hqrs PCR Srinagar), Yogesh Sharma (SP Jammu), Sajjad Hussain Syed (DySP Pulawama), Asgar Ali Khan (Dy SP Telecom Jammu), Kuldeep Krishan Zutshi (DySP Admn, PTTI Vijaypur), Mohd Aslam Bhat (DySP Kargil), Ram Singh (DySP Samba), Pran Nath Pandita (DySP SSG Jammu), Farooq Ahmad Zargar (DySP Kashmir), Doulat Khan (SI Rajouri), Mohinder Singh (SI STC Talwara), Mohammad Iqbal Zargar (ASI PTS Manigam) and Mohammad Maqbool Bhat (ASI SSG J&K).