NEW DELHI: 30
CBI officers, including the investigating officer (IO) of
Punjab National Bank scam case involving Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi – Inspector D Damodaran, have been awarded President’s Police Medal this
Independence Day.
Damodaran, posted in CBI’s Bank Securities and Fraud Cell (BS&FC) in Mumbai, is investigating the first case registered against Nirav Modi on January 31 this year. The officer has been awarded President’s police medal for meritorious service.
Among others, Superintendent of Police – T Rajah Balaji, posted at BS&FC Bangalore and inspector Anand Sarup of CBI’s Anti-Corruption Branch in Delhi have also been awarded medal for meritorious service.
Rajah Balaji has investigated several sensitive cases in agency including Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast, Madhumita Shukla murder case and is currently supervising probes in bank fraud cases registered in Karnataka.
CBI director Alok Kumar Verma’s personal assistant – Devender Kapoor, a Grade-I stenographer in the agency, is among those having received the prestigious medal.
In all, 24 CBI officers have received medal for meritorious services while 6 officers have been awarded president’s police medal for distinguished services.
The six officers who have got medal for distinguished services include - Nagendra Prasad (SP anti-corruption Dhanbad), K M Varkey (SP special crimes branch, Thiruvananthapuram), Santosh Kumar (Additional SP anti corruption Bhopal), B Shankar Rao (DSP anti corruption Hyderabad), Bijay Kumar Pradhan (DSP special crimes Kolkata) and Shama Maruf (Inspector anti corruption branch, Dehradun).
