Police personnel from Maharashtra were awarded 42 Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG), 39 Police Medal (PM) for Meritorious Service and 03 President's Police Medal (PPM) for Distinguished Service on the occasion of Independence Day.
Jammu & Kashmir Police personnel received the highest number of PMG (108), followed by Maharashtra (42), while Uttar Pradesh received the highest number of PM (72), followed by Maharashtra (39), West Bengal (24) and Tamil Nadu (24). Police personnel from Uttar Pradesh received the highest number of PPM (06), followed by Madhya Pradesh (04), Maharashtra (3) and Tamil Nadu (3).
Police personnel from Maharashtra were awarded 42 Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG), 39 Police Medal (PM) for Meritorious Service and 03 President's Police Medal (PPM) for Distinguished Service on the occasion of Independence Day.
Those officers who were awarded PPM from Maharashtra were Sunil Vasant Kolhe, Joint Commissioner, State Intelligence Department, Mumbai, Pradip Parshuram Kannalu, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Wireless), Thane City and Manohar Dagdu Dhanawade, Senior Police Inspector, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai City.
Officer Rajesh Anilkumar Meshram, Assistant Director, Intelligence Bureau, Mumbai, Alok Kumar, Additional Superintendent of Police, Special Unit, Mumbai, CBI, Anil Kumar Nair, ASP, National Investigation Agency, Mumbai and Praveen Chandra Sinha, Inspector General, Mumbai, Railways were also awarded PPM.
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