New Delhi:- As many as 151 police personnel, including 28 women officers, have been awarded the Union Home Minister’s ‘Medal for Excellence in Investigation’ for the year 2021.
According to the ministry, among the personnel receiving these awards, 15 are from the CBI, 11 each from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, 10 from Uttar Pradesh Police, nine each from Kerala and Rajasthan Police, eight from Tamil Nadu Police, seven from Bihar Police, six each are from Gujarat, Karnataka and Delhi Police and the remaining from the other states and Union Territories (UTs).
The women awardees are from Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, UT of Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and two from the CBI.
Five officials from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have also been felicitated with the award while a Delhi Police Inspector late Satish Chander Sharma has been given the award posthumously.
The NIA officials who were awarded the medal include Anurag Kumar, currently holding the position of DIG in the agency and who has worked extensively on ISIS cases. He was the officer who found that the accused persons had formed an organisation ‘Junood-ul-Khilafa-Fil-Hind’ (a group seeking to establish Caliphate in India and pledging allegiance to ISIS/ISIL).
Similarly, Rakesh Balwal, SP, NIA, who has been instrumental in preparing the 13,800 pages charge sheet in the February 2019 Pulwama terror attack case on the CRPF convoy which led to the death of 40 troopers is also among the five felicitated NIA officers.
Another awardeee, Vijay Kumar Shukla, Additional SP, CBI, has probed the Badaun suicide case in the CBI’s Special Crime Unit. He has also been tasked to probe the death of Dhanbad ADJ Uttam Anand recently. He is currently camping in Jharkhand to probe the case.
Another awardee, Sameer D Wankhede is the Zonal Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai and has brought down several drug lords and drug kingpins in the city. In September last year, he started the drug related probe relating to the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
His team arrested several people related to the drugs trade and also filed a charge sheet against Sushant’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty. The two are currently out on bail. The NCB under him also questioned several Bollywood A listers including Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shradhaa Kapoor, Rakul Preet Singh and several others in connection with the case.
Last year, 121 police personnel were felicitated with the medal.
The medal was constituted in 2018, with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognize such “Excellence in Investigation” by investigating officers.
NAME OF OFFICERS AWARDED UNION HOME MINISTER’S MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN INVESTIGATION FOR THE YEAR 2021.
| S/No | Name & Rank (S/Shri) | Name of State/UT/Org. |
| 1 | Shri Samineni Anthony Raj, Insp | Andhra Pradesh |
| 2 | Shri B Suresh Babu, CI | Andhra Pradesh |
| 3 | Shri K.V.V.N.V. Prasad, SDPO | Andhra Pradesh |
| 4 | Shri T Madhu, CI | Andhra Pradesh |
| 5 | Shri K Ravi Manohara Chary, SDPO | Andhra Pradesh |
| 6 | Shri M. Harsha Vardhan, Addl.DCP | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 7 | Shri Bibekanand Das, SSP | Assam |
| 8 | Dr. Rashmi Rekha Sarmah, DySP | Assam |
| 9 | Shri Sukumar Sinha, Insp | Assam |
| 10 | Shri Dipankar Gogoi, SI | Assam |
| 11 | Smt Nitasha Guria, SSP | Bihar |
| 12 | Shri Babu Ram, SSP | Bihar |
| 13 | Shri Hari Prasath S., SP | Bihar |
| 14 | Shri Nilesh Kumar, SP | Bihar |
| 15 | Shri Yogendra Kumar, SP | Bihar |
| 16 | Shri Ugranath Jha, Insp | Bihar |
| 17 | Shri Md. Neyaz Ahmad, CI | Bihar |
| 18 | Shri Rajeev Sharma, DSP | Chhattisgarh |
| 19 | Ms. Indira Vaishnava, SI | Chhattisgarh |
| 20 | Smt. Indu Sharma, ASI | Chhattisgarh |
| 21 | Smt. Ezilda D’Souza, Dy.SP | Goa |
| 22 | Shri Nitesh Pandey, ASP | Gujarat |
| 23 | Shri Vidhi Somdutt Choudhary, DCP | Gujarat |
| 24 | Shri Mahendra Laxman Bhai Salunke, PI | Gujarat |
| 25 | Shri Mangubhai Vithalbhai Tadvi, PI | Gujarat |
| 26 | Shri Darshansinh Bhagavatsinh Barad, PI | Gujarat |
| 27 | Shri A Y Baloch, PI | Gujarat |
| 28 | Shri Aman Kumar, Insp | Haryana |
| 29 | Shri Amit Dahiya, DSP | Haryana |
| 30 | Smt. Kamlesh, L/SI | Haryana |
| 31 | Smt. Poonam Kumari, L/Insp | Haryana |
| 32 | Smt. Kiran Bala, Insp | Himachal Pradesh |
| 33 | Smt. Nilza Angmo, DySP | J&K/Ladakh |
| 34 | Shri Chandra Shekhar Azad, DySP | Jharkhand |
| 35 | Shri Shyam Kishore Mahto, Insp | Jharkhand |
| 36 | Shri Parameshwar A. Hegde, DySP | Karnataka |
| 37 | Shri H N Dharmendra, ACP | Karnataka |
| 38 | Shri C Balakrishna, DySP | Karnataka |
| 39 | Shri Manoj Hovale, PI | Karnataka |
| 40 | Shri Devaraj T V, CPI | Karnataka |
| 41 | Shri Shivappa Satteppa Kamatagi, PI | Karnataka |
| 42 | Shri Sujith Das S, SP | Kerala |
| 43 | Shri Hari Sankar, AIG | Kerala |
| 44 | Shri A Asokan, DySP | Kerala |
| 45 | Shri Siju B K, Insp. | Kerala |
| 46 | Shri Alavi C, Insp. | Kerala |
| 47 | Shri Shinto P Kurian, Insp. | Kerala |
| 48 | Shri K J Peter, Insp. | Kerala |
| 49 | Shri V.V. Benny, DySP | Kerala |
| 50 | Shri P Vikraman, DySP | Kerala |
| 51 | Shri Umesh Pratap Singh, Insp | Madhya Pradesh |
| 52 | Shri Alok Shrivastava, Insp | Madhya Pradesh |
| 53 | Shri Animesh Kumar Dwivedi, Insp | Madhya Pradesh |
| 54 | Smt. Aakanksha Sahare, SI | Madhya Pradesh |
| 55 | Shri Sunil Lata, Insp | Madhya Pradesh |
| 56 | Shri Jitendra Singh Bhaskar, Insp | Madhya Pradesh |
| 57 | Smt. Arti Dhurve, SI | Madhya Pradesh |
| 58 | Shri Reval Singh Barde, Insp | Madhya Pradesh |
| 59 | Ms Rampyari Dhurve, SI | Madhya Pradesh |
| 60 | Ms Anju Sharma, SI | Madhya Pradesh |
| 61 | Shri Abhay Nema, Insp | Madhya Pradesh |
| 62 | Smt. Mamta Lawrence D’souza, Insp | Maharashtra |
| 63 | Smt. Padmaja Amole Badhe, ACP | Maharashtra |
| 64 | Smt. Alka Dhiraj Jadhav, API | Maharashtra |
| 65 | Smt. Pritee Prakash Tipare, ACP | Maharashtra |
| 66 | Shri Rahul Dhalsing Bahure, API | Maharashtra |
| 67 | Shri Manohar Narsappa Patil, PI | Maharashtra |
| 68 | Shri Baburao Bhauso Mahamuni, DySP | Maharashtra |
| 69 | Shri Ajit Rajaram Tike, DySP | Maharashtra |
| 70 | Shri Sunil Shankar Shinde, Insp | Maharashtra |
| 71 | Shri Sunil Devidas Kadasne, SP | Maharashtra |
| 72 | Shri Umesh Shankar Mane Patil, DySP | Maharashtra |
| 73 | Smt. M Priyadarshini Devi W/SI | Manipur |
| 74 | Shri Banraplang Jyrwa, DySP | Meghalaya |
| 75 | Shri V L Chama Ralte, SI | Mizoram |
| 76 | Shri Temsuyangba Ao, UBSI | Nagaland |
| 77 | Shri Debendra Kumar Mallick, Insp | Odisha |
| 78 | Shri Debendra Kumar Biswal, Insp | Odisha |
| 79 | Shri Trupti Ranjan Nayak, SI | Odisha |
| 80 | Shri Srikanta Sahu, SI | Odisha |
| 81 | Shri Sandeep Goel, SSP | Punjab |
| 82 | Shri Baljit Singh, Insp | Punjab |
| 83 | Shri Anant Kumar, Addl.SP | Rajasthan |
| 84 | Shri Suresh Sharma, DySP | Rajasthan |
| 85 | Shri Anil Kumar Doriya, Insp | Rajasthan |
| 86 | Shri Dinesh Lakhawat, Insp | Rajasthan |
| 87 | Shri Daraja Ram, Insp | Rajasthan |
| 88 | Shri Ashok Anjana, Insp | Rajasthan |
| 89 | Shri Dharmendra Singh, DCP | Rajasthan |
| 90 | Shri Arun Kumar, Insp | Rajasthan |
| 91 | Shri Bhawani Singh, HC | Rajasthan |
| 92 | Shri M Saravanan, Insp | Tamil Nadu |
| 93 | Smt. A Anbarasi, W/Insp | Tamil Nadu |
| 94 | Smt. P Kavitha, W/Insp | Tamil Nadu |
| 95 | Shri R Jayavel, Insp | Tamil Nadu |
| 96 | Smt. K Kalaiselvi, W/Insp | Tamil Nadu |
| 97 | Shri G Manivannan, Insp | Tamil Nadu |
| 98 | Shri P R Chidambaramurugesan, Insp | Tamil Nadu |
| 99 | Smt. C Kanmani, W/Insp | Tamil Nadu |
| 100 | Shri Nayini Bhujanga Rao, ACP | Telangana |
| 101 | Shri Aligati Madhusudhan, DySP | Telangana |
| 102 | Shri N Shyam Prasad Rao, ACP | Telangana |
| 103 | Shri G. Shyam Sunder, ACP | Telangana |
| 104 | Shri Nenavath Nagesh, SI | Telangana |
| 105 | Smt. Rita Debnath, WSI | Tripura |
| 106 | Smt. Neeta Rani, Insp | Uttar Pradesh |
| 107 | Shri Mukesh Kumar Singh, Insp | Uttar Pradesh |
| 108 | Shri Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, Insp | Uttar Pradesh |
| 109 | Shri Ghanshyam Shukla, SI | Uttar Pradesh |
| 110 | Shri Ashok Kumar, Insp | Uttar Pradesh |
| 111 | Shri Sanjay Nath Tiwari, Insp | Uttar Pradesh |
| 112 | Smt. Shweta Srivastava, ACP | Uttar Pradesh |
| 113 | Shri Arun Kumar Pathak, Insp | Uttar Pradesh |
| 114 | Shri Anil Kumar, SI | Uttar Pradesh |
| 115 | Shri Ram Prakash Yadav, Insp | Uttar Pradesh |
| 116 | Shri Pradeep Kumar, Insp | Uttarakhand |
| 117 | Shri Sudip Kumar Das, SI | West Bengal |
| 118 | Shri Kausikbrata Majumder, SI | West Bengal |
| 119 | Shri Suman Sadhukhan, SI | West Bengal |
| 120 | Shri Jitendra Prasad, SI | West Bengal |
| 121 | Shri Krishnavijay Jayantilal Gohil, HC | Dadra& N.Haveli/ Daman & Diu |
| 122 | Late Shri Satish Chander Sharma, Insp (Posthumously) | Delhi |
| 123 | Shri Amaleshwar Kumar Rai, Insp | Delhi |
| 124 | Shri Sandeep Lamba, ACP | Delhi |
| 125 | Shri Gurmeet Singh Kataria, Insp | Delhi |
| 126 | Shri Virender Singh, Insp | Delhi |
| 127 | Ms. Domnica Purty, Insp | Delhi |
| 128 | Shri Anurag Kumar, DIG | NIA |
| 129 | Shri Amit Singh, SP | NIA |
| 130 | Shri Rakesh Balwal, SP | NIA |
| 131 | Shri Kanchan Mitra, DySP | NIA |
| 132 | Shri Neeraj Sharma, Insp | NIA |
| 133 | Shri Vijay Kumar Shukla, Addl.SP | CBI |
| 134 | Shri Sham Datt, DySP | CBI |
| 135 | Shri Kaushal Kishore Singh, DySP | CBI |
| 136 | Shri Rajender Singh Gosain, DySP | CBI |
| 137 | Shri Ananda Krishanan T P, DySP | CBI |
| 138 | Shri Atul Hajela, DySP | CBI |
| 139 | Shri Maharshi Ray Hajong, DySP | CBI |
| 140 | Shri Ashutosh Kumar, DySP | CBI |
| 141 | Shri Sardar Singh Chauhan, Insp | CBI |
| 142 | Shri Ravinder Kumar, Insp | CBI |
| 143 | Smt. A Bama, Insp | CBI |
| 144 | Shri Rakesh Kumar Srivastava, Insp | CBI |
| 145 | Shri Deepak, Insp | CBI |
| 146 | Smt. Pachaiammal Sampath Kumar, Insp | CBI |
| 147 | Shri Tarun Gaur, Insp | CBI |
| 148 | Shri Sameer D Wankhede, ZD | NCB |
| 149 | Shri Kamal Pal Singh, ZD | NCB |
| 150 | Shri Rohit Srivastava, Supdt. | NCB |
| 151 | Shri Latchubugatha Sanyasi Babu, IO | NCB |
| 152 | Shri Ashish Ranjan Prasad, IO | NCB |