Twenty-four police personnel and five Home Guards have been selected for the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and the Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of Republic Day. The awards will be presented during the Republic Day parade held at the Manekshaw Parade ground here on Monday.

N. Shivakumar (Inspector-General of Police, Police Headquarters, Bengaluru); C.H. Pratap Reddy (Inspector-General of Police, Internal Security Division, Bengaluru); Babu Rajendra Prasad (Deputy Commissioner of Police – Bengaluru Traffic East) and D. Narayanaswamy (Superintendent of Police, Lokayukta, Ramanagaram) have been selected for the President’s Police Medal for distinguished service.

H.T. Duggappa (Superintendent of Police, State Intelligence, Bengaluru); R. Lakshman (Additional Superintendent of Police, Tumakuru); M.I. Jameel (Additional Superintendent of Police, Kolar); C.N. Janardhan (Deputy Superintendent of Police, CID, Bengaluru); M. Vijayakumar (Deputy Superintendent of Police, Central Zone, Bengaluru); H.N. Venkatesh Prasanna (Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mangaluru); D.D. Malagi (Deputy Superintendent of Police, Hospet Subdivision, Ballari); S. Babushankar (police inspector –Wireless Control Room, Bengaluru); Mohammed Mohsin (police inspector, Wireless Control Room, Kalaburagi); B. Bhojaraju (assistant sub-inspector, City Armed Reserve, Headquarters, Bengaluru); S.M. Raghavendra Rao (assistant sub-inspector, Wireless, DGP Control Room, Bengaluru); M. Narayanaswamy (assistant reserve sub-inspector, Munirabad); N. Ramanna (assistant sub-inspector, Special Branch, Mandya); V. Kariyanna (head constable, City Crime Records Bureau, Bengaluru); Ananda K. Deshpande (head constable, Hubballi-Dharwad); V. Narayanappa (head constable, State Intelligence, Bengaluru); D. Mahadevaiah (head constable, 3rd Bn., KSRP, Bengaluru); P.M. Ravindra (head constable, 5th Bn., KSRP, Mysuru); N.U. Aiyyanna (head constable, 5th Bn., KSRP, Mysuru), and Shivappa A. Nilankar (head constable, Kalaburagi) have been selected for Police Medal for meritorious service.

Home Guards and Civil Defence

While L. Lakshminara-simha (Second-in-command, Home Guards, Ballari district) has been selected for the Distinguished Medal, Shivakumar (instructor, Home Guards and Civil Defence Academy, Bengaluru), Chaluva Shetty (head constable, Home Guards and Civil Defence Academy, Bengaluru), Shivanna (driver, Home Guards, Hassan) and M.S. Sharieff, (Divisional Warden, Civil Defence, Bengaluru) have been selected for the Meritorious Medal.

The awards will be presented at Manekshaw Parade ground today

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Special Correspondent / Bengaluru – January 26th, 2015