On Republic Day (Saturday), 23 Delhi Police officers, including six women, have been conferred Police Medal for their exemplary service.

Special Commissioner of Police Nuzhat Hassan and Additional Commissioner of Police R.A. Sanjeev have been awarded President’s Police Medals for distinguished service. Four police personnel were awarded Police Medals for gallantry.

Meritorious service

Seventeen personnel bagged the Police Medals for meritorious service. Among those who were awarded are — Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) A.K. Singla — who had served as DCP (Election Cell) — and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Joy Tirkey, who has been involved in the investigation of cases like the CBSE paper leak and the mysterious Burari deaths.

Others who were awarded Police Medals for meritorious service are Additional CP Raj Kumar Singh, DCP Geeta Rani Verma, Assistant Commissioner of Police Mohammad Iqbal, Inspectors Atul Kumar Verma, Ravinder Kumar Tyagi and Jai Shree Gosain, Sub-Inspectors Kaushal Kumari and Mahesh Singh, Assistant Sub-Inspectors Satender Singh and Rajbir Singh, Head Constables Virender Singh, Prem Chand, Jagannivasan R, Poonam Verma and Promila.

Inspector Atul Kumar Verma who was awarded the Police Medal had cracked several important cases including, Dhaula Kuan Rape Case of 2010, murder of TV Journalist Soumya Vishwanath, murder of IT executive Jigisha Ghosh and the recent murder of an RTI activist in Taimur Nagar.