10 MP cops awarded HM's medal for excellence in investigation

Ten police personnel in Mhya Presh were awarded prestigious 'Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation' for year 2020, an official said.

Union Home Ministry issued a letter in this regard on Wednesday.

ditional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Hansraj Singh, Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Punnusingh Paraste, Inspectors Sunil Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar Choukse, Praveen Kumar Kumre, Gopal Ghasle, Arvind Singh Tomar and Sub Inspectors (SI) Kewal Singh Parte, Preeti Patil and Deepti Mishra were awarded medal for excellence in investigation, a Police Hequarters (PHQ) spokesperson said.

medal was constituted in 2018 with objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognise such excellence by investigating officers, official said.

As per home ministry statement, a total of 121 police investigators, including 15 of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), followed by state police of Mhya Presh and Maharashtra (10 each), Uttar Presh (8), Kerala and West Bengal (7 each), were selected for this medal.