Geeta Singh, an SP in CB-CID Lucknow, Wajid Ali Khan, posted as sub-inspector in Deoria district, and Jagat Narayan Mishra, the platoon commandor of the 11th battalion of PAC in Sitapur, are the other three winners of the honour from UP.
The 1995-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer is among the four officials from Uttar Pradesh and 88 from across the country to have been given the honour this year, the officials said.