Srinagar/New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Police have bagged 72 gallantry medals and have once again topped the medals’ list this Republic Day.
Over 1,000 police personnel have been awarded with different categories of gallantry and service medals on the eve of the 75th Republic Day, a government statement said Thursday. This includes 277 gallantry medals.
After the recent restructuring of medals, a total of 1,132 personnel of police, fire service, home guard and civil defence and correctional service have been awarded gallantry and service medals on the occasion of Republic Day, 2024, the statement from the Union home ministry said.
The medals are now categorised as the President’s Medal for Gallantry (PMG), the Medal for Gallantry (GM), the President’s medals for Distinguished Service (PSM) and the Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM).
Among the 277 gallantry awards, 119 have gone to personnel deployed in Left Wing Extremism-affected areas and 133 to personnel from the Jammu & Kashmir region, the statement said.
The maximum gallantry medals (GM) have been given to Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel at 72, followed by 65 to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troops, 18 from Maharashtra, 26 from Chhattisgarh, 23 from Jharkhand, 15 from Odisha, eight personnel from Delhi Police and 21 personnel from the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
According to available details, the awardees in J&K Police are Mohammad Rafee Rather, Dy SP; Dr. Shammi Kumar, Dy SP; Zakir Hussain, SCT; Ishfaq Ahmad, Inspector, Muzaffer Ahmad Bhat, HC; Sajad Ahmad Malik, Dy SP; Sukh Dev, SI; Manzoor Hussain Peer, HO; Javaid Ahmad Chopan, HC; Azad Ahmad Bhat, SCT; Farooq Ahmad Bhat, Follower; Qazi Shamas-Ul-Muzaffar Amin, Dy SP: Mohinder Singh, ASI; Naseer Ahmad, SgCT: Mohammad Altaf Baghat, SgCT: Tanushree, IPS, SP; Muzaffar Ahmad, HC; Mohmad Hussain Sofi, CT; Mukesh Kumar, CT; Rohit Kumar, Dy SP; Mohaammad Ashrif, Dy SP; Amit Raina, ASI; Nazir Ahmad, HC; Sudhanshu Verma, IPS, SP; Mudasir Bashir Sheergojreey, HC; Mohan Lal, Dy SP; Tariq Ahmad Laloo, ASI; Javid Ahmad Lone, SI; Elyas Ahmad Khatana, SgCT; Yogesh Singh, SgCT; Mohmad Saleem Dar, CT; Aqib Bashir Dar, CT; Irfan Majeed Naik, CT; Faizan Ali, Dy SP; Aftab Ahmad, SgCT; Mudasir Ahmad Malik, CT; Sajad Ahmad Bhat, CT; Rakesh Kumar Singh, PSI; Irfan Ahmad Bhat, CT; Aftab Ahmad, SgCT; Dilawar Hassan Magray, SgCT; Shabir Ahmad, SgCT; Mansoor Ahmad Sheikh, CT; Yasir Rashid Bhat, Inspector; Mushtaq Ahmad Wani, CT; Abdul Rahman Khan, Farooq Ahmad Awan, Mumtaz Ali, Inspector; Farooq Ahmad Awan, HC; Mohammad Ayaz, HC; Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh, CT; Sumit Kumar Sharma, Dy SP; Amit Raina, ASI; Farooq Ahmad Awan, HC; Aijaz Ahmad Khan, HC; Waseem Sulaman Yatoo, SgCT; Omer Hussain Wada, HC; Ghulam Nabi Bhat, CT; Mohmad Maqsood Lone, HC; Azad Ahmad Bhat, SgCT; Zafar Mahdi, Dy SP; Mohammad Ashraf Sheikh, SgCT; Mohammad Yousif, SSP; Parmeet Singh, ASI; Ishtaq Ahmed Bhat, CT; Nissar Ahmad Darzi, Dy SP; Azim Iqbal, Inspector; Danish Allahi Rather, SgCT; Afaq Ali Dewani, HC; Rajan Kumar, HC; Sajad Ahmad Talee, CT; Mohammad Shafi, CT.
Gallantry medals are awarded to policemen across the country for their meritorious and distinguished services on the eve of Republic Day every year.
