New Delhi: A total of 22 police officers and personnel from Odisha will receive police medals on the 79th Independence Day this year.
Two senior officers – ASP Rabindra Kumar Panda and Commandant Naresh Patel – have been selected for President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
Eleven officers from the state will be conferred with Police Medal for Meritorious Service. The awardees are Assistant Inspector G
eneral Maheshwar Sethy; Additional Superintendent of Police Pradeep Kumar Pradhan; Additional Superintendent of Police Debendra Narayan Dash; Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashish Kumar Rout; Inspector A Srinibas Dora; Deputy Superintendent of Police Hemamalni Nayak, Commandant Suryanarayan Mallick; Inspector Santosh Kumar Mirdha; Assistant Sub Inspector Arun Kumar Samanta; Assistant Sub Inspector Arabinda Das; and Constable Chinmayee Rout.
This apart, nine personnel will be awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry.
In Fire Services, 2 personnel from Odisha have been selected for Medal for Meritorious Service. Similarly, one personnel has been selected for President’s Medal for Distinguished Service and 3 for Medal for Meritorious Service in Home Guard and Civil Defence. In Correctional Service, one personnel won President’s Medal for Distinguished Service and 2 Medal for Meritorious Service.