New Delhi:

Shaik Masthan Vali, ASI in Railway Protection Force (RPF- Secunderabad) and Zahur Haidar Zaidi, DIG/PS to MOS(R), Railway Board, have been awarded with Indian Police Medal for their meritorious services.

President of India Pratibha Patil has awarded 18 Railway Protection Force (RPF)/Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) personnel for their exemplary services on the occasion of Republic Day 2010.

Vali and Zaidi are among 14 police officers to get Indian Police Medal. The Police Medal for Gallantry, in recognition of their gallant act at Mumbai Central Railway Station during the terrorist attack on 26 November 2008, has been awarded to Sandip Dadaji Khiratkar, Inspector/RPF, Central Railway, Mumbai and Kiran Vasant Bhosale, Sub-Inspector/RPF, Central Railway, Mumbai. The President’s Police Medal for distinguished service has been given to Gopal Gupta, IG-cum-CSC/RPSF, Railway Board and Srikant Kumar Mishra, CSC/RPF, N.E. Railway, Gorakhpur.

source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Indian Muslims / by TCN News / January 25th, 2010