Bhubaneswar: As many as 29 police personnel from Odisha have been selected for the prestigious Police Medals. The Ministry of Home Affairs announced their names today.
Out of 29 police personnel, four cops will be honoured with President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service while 11 officials will be bestowed with Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG).
Similarly, the other 14 cops have been selected for the Police Medal for Meritorious Service.
Names of cops selected for President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service:
- M Radha Krishna, Additional Superintendent of Police, Vigilance, Cuttack
- Saroj Kumar Rath, Additional Superintendent of Police, EOW, CB, Bhubaneswar
- Ramesh Chandra Nayak, SI, Vigilance, Cuttack
- Gyana Ranjan Mohanty, Additional Superintendent of Police, EOW,CB, Bhubaneswar
Names of cops selected for Police Medal for Gallantry:
- Haribandhu Kirsani, Constable
- Bhisma Karuan, Constable
- Samanta Majhi, Constable
- Niranjan Sahu, Additional Superintendent of Police
- Umesh Kumar Singh, Additional Sub Inspector
- Rakesh Kumar Swain, Constable
- Dhaneswar Majhi, Constable
- Ajay Behera, Constable
- Bhakta Priya Sahoo, Havildar
- Jyoti Kumar Kiro, Sergeant
- Soumya Ranjan Dash, Deputy Subedar
Names of cops selected for Police Medal for Meritorious Service:
- Chandra Sekhar Patra, Commandant, 8th special IRBN, Bhanjanagar & deputed to CM’s security wing, Bhubaneswar
- Tankadhar Pradhan, Commandant, SP SIW Bhubaneswar & deputed to CM’s security wing, Bhubaneswar
- Udaya Kumar Rath, Commandant, OSAP 8th Battalion, Chhatrapur
- Jawahar Mohan Patel, commandant, 7th special IRBN, Kandhamal & deputed to CM’s security wing, Bhubaneswar
- Bijay Kumar Sahu, Deputy Commissioner of Police Training, UP & TTI, Bhubaneswar
- Rabindra Kumar Panda, In-charge Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance, Cuttack
- Mohit Kumar Mallick, Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (ASI), CID, CB, Cuttack
- Radha Binod Panigrahi, Additional Superintendent of Police, CID, CB, Cuttack
- Udayabhanu Mishra, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Biju Patnaik State Police Academy, Bhubaneswar
- Amiya Kumar Routray, Havildar Major, Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP), 6th Batallion, Cuttack
- Satyabadi Mallick, Constable, UP & TTI, Bhubaneswar
- Brundaban Ghadei, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Special Intelligence wing, Bhubaneswar
- Saroj Kumar Samal, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance, Cuttack
- Rabindra Kumar Acharya, Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (ASI), Vigilance, Cuttack
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