New Delhi, Aug 14: The Ministry of Home Affairs stated on Friday that a total of 926 police personnel from across the country have been awarded prestigious medals on the occasion of Independence Day.

 

 

 

A total of 215 are to be given Police Medal of Gallantry (PMG), 80 are to be awarded the President's Police Medal (PPM) for distinguished service, and 631 to get medals meritorious service. Among the majority of the 215 Gallantry Awards, 123 personnel are being awarded for their gallant action in Jammu & Kashmir, 29 personnel for their gallant action in Left Wing extremism affected areas and 8 personnel for their gallant action in North-East Region.

 

Two personnel of Punjab Police are named for PPM, and 13 are to get medals for meritorious services. Haryana Police got one PPM, and 11 medals for meritorious services and Himachal Pradesh gets one PPM and three for meritorious services. Chandigarh gets the lone President’s police medal for distinguished services.

 

According to the list released by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) among the states, Union Territories (UTs) and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) Jammu & Kashmir bagged the maximum of 81 PMG followed by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) with 55 and Uttar Pradesh and Delhi with 23 and 16 respectively.

 

Uttar Pradesh Police personnel have been awarded a maximum of 73 medals for meritorious services, as CRPF and Border Security Force (BSF) followed with 59 and 46. For President’s police medal for distinguished services eight Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials have chosen to be awarded for this year’s Independence Day.

Late Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma’s name has been mentioned in the list of recipients as 6th BAR to Police Medal for Gallantry posthumously. Sharma was a Special Cell Inspector of the Delhi Police who was killed during the 2008 Batla House encounter here. The highly decorated police officer was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra Award, India’s highest peacetime military decoration, on January 26, 2009.