Guwahati: The <a href="/topic/Manipur" target="_blank">Manipur</a> government withdrew the gallantry medal conferred on a sub-inspector after he was allegedly found involved in a 2013 <a href="/topic/drug-trafficking-case" target="_blank">drug trafficking case</a>. 
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<br>Sub-inspector Bheishamayum Debson Singh, who received the <a href="/topic/gallantry-award" target="_blank">gallantry award</a>, and inspector E Roshan Singh, who processed the selection of awardees, were suspended and an inquiry ordered. 
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<br>In a statement the home department said: “A committee headed by Inspector General of Police (intelligence) K Radhashyam will inquire into the matter in depth.”
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<br>On the occasion of Manipur’s Patriot Day on August 13, Governor Najma Heptulla had announced 13 names for the chief minister’<a href="/topic/s-police" target="_blank">s police</a> medal for gallantry and seven names for chief minister’s police medal for devotion to duty. 
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<br>These medals are given every year to police personnel for their outstanding performance to commemorate Manipuri heroes who sacrificed their lives in the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891. The All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU) had alleged that Bheishamayum Debson Singh was arrested along with an 11-member team of <a href="/topic/Manipur-Police" target="_blank">Manipur Police</a> commandos on the charge of trafficking drugs valued at more than ₹3.64 crore in 2013. 
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