121 cops to get Home Minister medal for excellence

New Delhi, August 12

With the CBI bagging the maximum 15, as many as 121 policemen, including 21 women officers, have been chosen to be awarded with “Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation” for 2020.

Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Police have bagged 10 each, UP Police eight, and Kerala and West Bengal Police seven each, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in an official release. The remaining recipients of the awards are from other states and Union Territories police, it said.

The medal was constituted in 2018 with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognise such ‘Excellence in Investigation’ by investigating officers.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “A thorough investigation plays a pivotal role in delivering justice.” — TNS

Dabholkar, Lankesh Investigators on list

Among the recipients are SP Cephas Kalyan Pakerla, who was also awarded the medal for his probe into i-Monetary Advisory scam; ASP Subhash Ramrup Singh, who probed Dabholkar murder case and gave a clue to three other murders of MM Kalburgi, journalist Gauri Lankesh and Inspector Vibha Kumari, who investigated Muzaffarpur shelter home case.