Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will present Police Medals to 10 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers on the occasion of the country’s 75th Independence Day on Sunday.
The Governor will confer the Chief Minister’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service to three IPS officers and the Chief Minister’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service to seven IPS officers.
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Kolkata Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra, Additional Director General of Police (Correctional Services) Piyush Pandey and Inspector General of Police (North Bengal) DP Singh are among those awarded the Chief Minister’s Police Medal for outstanding service.
The seven IPS officers who were awarded the Chief Minister’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service include Inspector General of Police (CID) Anand Kumar, Kolkata Joint Commissioner of Police Syed Walker Raza, Sunderbans Superintendent of Police Bhaskar Mukherjee, Cooch Behar Superintendent of Police Sumit Kumar. Purba Medinipur Superintendent of Police Amarnath K., Paschim Medinipur Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar and Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) Deputy Commissioner of Police Aparajita Rai.
These names will also be published in the West Bengal Police Gazette and Kolkata Police Gazette.
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Two Police Medal awards have been presented to IPS and non-IPS officers of West Bengal cadre.
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