Thirty-eight Delhi Police personnel have been awarded police medal for their services, officials said. Seventeen have been awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG), three President s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and 18 Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of the Republic Day. DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav and his special cell team, including Inspectors Prabhat Kumar Pankaj, Pankaj Kumar; Sub-Inspectors Krishan Kumar, Neeraj Kumar Sharma; Head Constable Girdhar Singh Gurjer; and Constable Gurdeep Singh, were awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry for bringing under control criminal Kranti Gang in the Delhi NCR in 2018. A team led by DCP Pramod Singh Kushwah with ACP Hridaya Bhushan, SI Sandesh K and ASI Bhupender Kumar arrested a suspected ISIS terrorist, Yusuf Khan, in September last year and recovered heavy ammunition. They have been awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry.
Republic Day 2021: List of Gallantry Awards & Awardees
946 police personnel have been awarded medals on the occasion of the Republic Day, 2021. The Union Home Ministry also announced the list of Padma awardees.
| 26 Jan 2021 8:01 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Monday announced a list of gallantry awards for Republic Day celebrations of 2021.
Republic Day is celebrated to commemorate the day the Indian Constitution came into power. This year s celebrations mark the 72nd Republic Day, since it was first observed in 1950. Republic Day celebrations are marked by a parade by the Indian Army, Indian Navy Force and Indian Air Force, accompanied by various air shows at Rajpath in New Delhi.
New Delhi: The government on Monday announced a total of 946 medals for the police persons in the country, which will be awarded to them on the occasion
CRPF ASI Mohan Lal who lost his life during the Pulwama attack in 2019.
CRPF ASI Mohan Lal who lost his life in Pulwama attack awarded President Police Medal for Gallantry posthumously ANI | Updated: Jan 25, 2021 17:01 IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) ASI Mohan Lal who lost his life during the Pulwama attack in 2019, awarded the President Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) posthumously on Monday.
Mohan Lal has been awarded the medal for spotting the IED-laden car and having fired to stop the car before it rammed into a bus in the convoy that killed the suicide bomber and 40 CRPF personnel on February 14, 2019.
ASI Mohan Lal lost his life during the Pulwama attack in 2019. (File photo)
New Delhi:
Mohan Lal who chased and fired at an explosives-laden car that rammed into a force bus in Pulwama killing him and 39 troops onboard in 2019 has been decorated with the highest police medal for gallantry on the eve of the Republic Day on Monday.
A total of 207 police bravery medals were declared by the Union government apart from 89 President s police medals for distinguished service and 650 police medals for meritorious service, as per a list published by the Union Home Ministry.
Only two police personnel have been decorated with the top category President s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) this time, CRPF s Lal and late Jharkhand Police ASI Banua Oraon.