Top honour for ASI who took bullet to nab smuggler

Strap: Gets Police Medal for Gallantry

Blurb: 2 to be honoured for distinguished service, 13 for meritorious service

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 14

ASI Gursewak Singh from Special Task Force (STF), Border Range, Amritsar, has been awarded with Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG), while ADGP Modernisation Ram Singh and AIG-cum-Staff Officer to DGP, Punjab, Jasdeep Singh would be conferred with President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service (PPMDS) on the 75th Independence Day.

The Ministry of Home Affairs announced the names of the Punjab police officers/officials to be awarded with PMG, PPMDS and Police Medal for Meritorious Service (PMMS).

On Sept 9, 2019, ASI Gursewak Singh had suffered a bullet injury in the chest while trying to catch hold of two drug smugglers at Lopoke in Amritsar. He didn’t let go of one of the smugglers who was later arrested and 1 kg heroin and one pistol was seized from his possession.

Similarly, five PPS officers — Kapurthala SSP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh, Ludhiana ADCP-2 Jaskiranjit Singh Teja, PBI DSP Raj Kumar, Bathinda CID unit DSP Parminder Singh and Amritsar Rural DSP (Detective) Gurinderpal Singh are among 13 officers/officials selected for the PMMS. Other awardees are Inspector Kulvir Singh, Inspector Ashok Kumar, Inspector Puran Singh, SI Natha Singh, SI Niranjan Dass, SI Harjit Singh, ASI Onkar Tiwari and ASI Ashok Kumar.

DGP Dinkar Gupta, while congratulating the awardees, expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Home Affairs for recognising the services of these officers and boosting the morale of the entire Punjab Police force. He said such recognition played a significant role in encouraging the police force to work with more dedication and devotion, which was required in a border state having manifold security challenges.