New Delhi: O. P. Galhotra, who investigated the Bofors case; and Rishiraj Singh, who arrested Buta Singh’s son on corruption charges; are among 19 CBI officials honoured with this year’s police medals.
Mr. Galhotra was honoured with the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service. He is a 1985-batch IPS officer from Rajasthan, and is presently Joint Director of the CBI, heading the Special Task Force.
Besides helping the agency in cutting down pending cases, the officer handled high-profile cases like the Bofors arms deal. Very recently, he led the team which allegedly exposed corruption in the Ordnance factory, leading to the arrest of former Chairman-cum Managing Director Sudipto Ghosh.
Rishiraj Singh, a 1985 batch IPS officer from Maharashtra, presently Joint Director of the Western Region, arrested Sarabjot Singh, son of the Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Buta Singh, on alleged corruption charges.
Arun Kumar, a 1985 batch IPS officer from U.P. was also honoured with the same award. He investigated a case where the Delhi Police’s Special Cell wrongly arrested two people . The CBI team under his command revealed that the two had been framed. This led to action against the three Special cell officials.
Additional Superintendent of Police D. N. Biswas was also awarded the Presidential Police medal for Distinguished Service. Deputy Inspector General Hemant Priyadarshy and Zaki Ahmed, and Superintendent of Police N. M. Singh were among 15 officials honoured with this year’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Among others, Additional SP Hari Singh Gurawaria, Deputy SPs Ghanshyam Rai, S. K. Sareen, Inspectors Kalaimani Gopalan, Kumaresan Krishnaswamy, sub-inspectors Manak Chand, Ravinder Kumar, ASI Bansi Dhar Tiwari, head constables Dilbagh Khatri, Rawel Singh, and constables Harpal Singh and K. Abdul Rasheed were honoured. — PTI
Special Correspondent reports from New Delhi:
Vikram Sahgal, Deputy Inspector-General of the CRPF and currently General Manager with the Indian Trade Promotion Organisation, has been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service. He is now in charge of security at the Pragati Maidan exhibition complex.
Dealing with various kinds of law and order problems related to terrorism in Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and the Northeast, he has also had the distinction of having served with the National Security Guard during operation “Black Thunder,” and the elite Rapid Action Force.
The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment on Friday announced the Prime Minister’s Shram awards for 2007 for 52 employees of departmental and public sector undertakings of the Central and State governments, and private sectors employing 500 or more employees.
The awards are given in recognition of their distinguished performances, innovative abilities, outstanding contributions in the field of productivity, and exhibition of exceptional courage and presence of mind.
This year, one Shram Ratna Award, four Shram Bhushan Awards, 12 Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana Awards, and 16 Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards have been announced.
The Shram Ratna, the highest of the awards, goes to Mr. Naikawadi Sunil Maruti, Tata Motors Limited, Pune. It carries a cash award of Rs.2 lakh and a citation.
Though the total number of Shram Awards is 33, the number of workers receiving them is 52 (including seven women) since some of the awards have been shared by workers.
Source : Hindu
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