5 get Jeevan Raksha Padak
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 25: Jammu and Kashmir Police has bagged the maximum number of gallantry honours with 126 medals on the occasion of the 71st Republic Day.
The officers of Jammu and Kashmir Police bagged 3 President’s Police Medals for Gallantry, 105 Police Medals for Gallantry, 2 President’s Police Medals for Distinguished Service and 16 Police Medals for Meritorious Service.
The tally for the Union Territory police, thickly involved in counter-terrorist operations in the Kashmir valley, also includes three President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG), out of the total four of these top category decorations announced this time.
Jammu and Kashmir is the only Union Territory across the country, whose three officers bagged President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) as no officer/official from any other States or Union Territories bagged this prestigious medal.
It is one of the highest tally of gallantry medals won by a police force in recent times.
These police bravery awards are declared bi-annually on the eve of Republic Day and Independence Day.
Those, who bagged President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) are SSP Abdul Jabbar, DySP Ghulam Hassan Sheikh and Constable Asif Iqbal Qureshi.
The recipients of Police Medal for Gallantry are SSP Ghulam Jeelani Wani, SSP Harmeet Singh (3rd & 4th Bar to PMG), SSP Mohammad Aslam, SSP Sheikh Zulfkar Azad, SSP Mohammad Zaid, SP Shriram Dinkar Ambarkar (PMG, 1st & 2nd Bar to PMG), SP Ajaz Ahmed Zarger, Additional SP Shafkat Hussain, Additional SP Ajaz Ahmed Zarger, Additional SP Arif Amin Shah, Additional SP Chandan Kohli, Additional SP Ifroz Ahmad, Additional SP Mohammad Majid Malik, Additional SP Naresh Sharma, DySP Sarfaraz Bashir Ganai, DySP Mashkoor Ahmad, DySP Nissar Ahmad Darzi, DySP Syed Majeed Mosavi, DySP Sayed Zaheer Abbas Jafari, DySP Aman Kumar, DySP Faraz Hussain Shah, DySP Rashid Akber Makayee, DySP Shafat Mohammad Najar, DySP Mohammad Aslam, DySP Ashiq Hussain Tak, DySP Hilal Khaliq Bhat, DySP Dr Aejaz Amjed Malik, DySP Mohammad Nawaz Khandey, DySP Ghulam Hassan Sheikh, DySP Raiz Ahmed, DySP Tahir Amin Sheikh, DySP Zafar Mahdi, DySP Ashiq Hussain Tak, DySP Imtiyaz Ahmed Mir, DySP Sayed Zaheer Abbas Jafari, DySP Vivek Shekhar, DySP Mohan Lal, DySP Dr Ruhail Mircha, DySP Raja Majid Batt, Inspector Masrat Ahmad Mir, Inspector Mehboob Hussain Banday, Inspector Zahoor Ahmad Ganie, Inspector Surinder Pal Singh, Inspector Ashwani Kumar Sharma, SI Mohammad Hafiz, SI Sajad Ahmad Ganie, SI Jan Mohammad Ganaie, SI Muneer Ahmad Bhat, SI Gowhar Ahmad Bhat, SI Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat, SI Arif Ahmad Sheikh, SI Rishi Kumar Barwala, SI Ravinder Kumar, SO Syed Waseem Akram, SI Javid Ahmad Lone, SI Gowhar Rashid Malla, SI Amjad Hussain Mir, ASI Mohammad Saideq, ASI Farooq Ahmad Mantoo, ASI Mushtaq Ahmed Mir, ASI Aijaz Ahmed Mir, ASI Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh, ASI Farooq Ahmad Mantoo, ASI Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, ASI Aijaz Ahmad Malik, HC Manga Ram, HC Mazafar Ahmad Tantray, HC Ravees Ahmad, HC Ghulam Rasool, HC Tawseeq Ahmad Dar, HC Nasir Ahmad Bhat, HC Altaf Ahmad Shah, HC Mudasar Hussain, HC Manzoor Hussain Peer, SgCt Mohammad Akbar Lone, SgCt Bilal Ahmed Bhat, SgCt Amir Hassan Lone, SgCt Javid Ahmad Rather, SgCt Mohannad Subhan Naik, SgCt Imtiyaz Ahmed Malik, SgCt Akeel Ahmad Malik, SgCt Rabin Ravinder, SgCt Sanjay Kumar Dharma, SgCt Sameer Ahmad, SgCt Riyaz Ahmad Laway, SgCt Abdul Wahid Sheikh, SgCt Tasaduk Hussain Bhat, SgCt Mohammad Iftikhar Lone, SgCt Bilal Ahmad Malla, SgCt Shokat Ali, SgCt Rouf Ahmad Zarger, SgCt Ishaq Ahmad Mogray, Constable Mohammad Ashraf Lone, Contable Javaid Ahmad Fafoo, Constable Ghulam Mustaffa Katoch, Constable Bilal Ahmed Sheikh, Constable Asif Iqbal Qureshi, Constable Tajdar Ahmad Ganai, Constable Mohammad Ashraf Dangroo, Constable Yasir Ahmad Pattan, Contable Ashiq Hussain Yatoo and Constable Satinder Singh.
The President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service awardees are Deepak Kumar, ADGP GRP Jammu and Syed Ahfadul Mujtaba, IGP Director Prosecution Jammu.
The recipients of Police Medal for Meritorious Service are SSP Srinagar Mohammad Haseeb Mughal, SSP CO SDRF 2nd Battalion Jammu Nisha Nathyal, SSP ACB Jammu Javid Iqbal Mattoo, SSP CID SB Kour Srinagar Shoket Hussain Shah, SSP Rajouri Yougal Manhas, DySP SDPO Awantipora Rashid Akbar Makayee, Inspector SO PHQ Jammu Syed Afaq Ahmad, Inspector SPS PTS Kathua Sanjeev Kumar, Inspector Channi Himmat Police Station Sajad Parvez, Inspector PC Kishtwar Dilraj Singh Dilbar, Inspector (C) CID CI Jammu Vinod Kumar, SI (S) PA to ADGP Armed J&K Abdul Rashid Dar, ASI Kathua Randhir Singh, ASI DPO Reasi Ram Prakash and HC (M) DPO Srinagar Shokat Hussain Ahanger.
Meanwhile, President of India has conferred Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards 2019 to five persons hailing from Jammu and Kashmir.
Packiya Raj M has conferred with Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, while Mohammad Younis Awan, Zakir Hussain, Maqsood Ahmed and Shabir Ahmad Dar gets Jeevan Raksha Padak.