25 cops in Punjab chosen for ‘DGP honour’
Chandigarh, April 15
The state police have selected 25 officers for the “DGP honour for exemplary sewa to society” amid Covid-19 crisis. The awardees include four SPs, one ASP, one DSP, six inspectors, four SIs, three ASIs, two head constables and four constables.
The award honours those who have done outstanding work by going beyond the call of duty in various kinds of humanitarian activities.
DGP Dinkar Gupta said they were selected from nominations sent by the commissioners of police and SSPs. The award was introduced on the initiative of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in the light of the scale and sacrifice of over 45,000 policemen working relentlessly across the state.
Vatsala Gupta, ASP, Nakodar, did pioneering work in reaching out to the poor and underprivileged, while DSP Varinder Jit Singh of Ropar ensured the supply of essential goods to the poor by mobilising volunteers. SI Jatin Kapoor of Ropar motivated the panchayats to impose voluntary lockdown in their villages. SHO Bhagwant Singh of Kharar (Mohali) proactively carried out the tracking and tracing of suspected coronavirus cases. Similarly, SI Neeraj Chaudhary of SBS Nagar took the risk of visiting isolated corona patients to trace the contacts where the patients refused to cooperate with doctors. — TNS
