An investigation officer handling the ₹13,578-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case, Inspector D. Damodaran, is among the 30 CBI officers who have been selected for medals for distinguished and meritorious services on Independence Day. “The President’s Police Medals for Distinguished Service have been awarded to six officials, while the Police Medals for Meritorious Service have been given to 24,” the CBI spokesperson said.
Among those recognised for distinguished services are Superintendents of Police Nagendra Prasad and K.M. Varkey; Additional SP Santosh Kumar; Deputy SPs B. Shankar Rao and Bijay Kumar Pradhan; and Inspector Shama Maruf.
The Police Medal for Meritorious Service goes to SPs A.T. Duraikumar, T. Rajah Balaji and Pramod Kumar Manjhi; Deputy SPs Sanjay Dubey, Amit Srivastava, Shobha Dutta, Naresh Kumar Sharma and Mukesh Kumar; Inspectors Anand Sarup, Jai Raj Katiyar and U.T. Prakasan; SI Thari Narayan Sharma; and ASIs Bhani Singh Rathore and Pramod Kumar Yati. Head Constables Kishor Ram Mundel and Sathiyan Kuppuswamy; constables Piyush Mishra, Raj Kumar Rana, Kailash Prasad Gurjar, Y.S. Narayana and Balbir Singh; office superintendent Bhanwar Singh; and stenographer Devender Kapoor have won the medal for meritorious service.