38 police personnel from J&K get Prez medals

6 awarded with JKPMMS, 168 with JKPMG

Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Jan 25: Additional Director Generals of Police (ADGPs), Danesh Rana and Vijay Kumar are among the 38 police personnel who have been awarded with the President Medals on the occasion of 74th Republic Day of India.
Two DIGs, as many Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs), one DySP, and an inspector have been awarded with the Jammu and Kashmir Police Medal for Meritorious Service (JKPMMS) while 168 police personnel, including 6 Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs), 3 Superintendents of Police (SPs) have also been awarded with the Jammu and Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry (JKPMG) by the Lieutenant Governor’s administration on the occasion of Republic Day, 2023.
While Danesh Rana, ADGP (Coordination), PHQ, Jammu and Kashmir, and Vijay Kumar, ADGP, Kashmir Zone, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, have been awarded with the prestigious President’s Police Medal (PPM) for Distinguished Services, Amarjit Singh, SSP, SO to Special DG Crime, Jammu and Kashmir; Mohammad Yousif, SP, Awantipora; Syed Al Tahir Gilani, SP, West Zone Srinagar; Ajaz Ahmed Zargar, SP; Mohammad Syed Shah, SP (S), PHQ; Sanjay Kumar Sharma, SP Rural, Jammu; Pushpajeet Singh, Inspector SKPA Udhampur; Sanjeev Bakshi, Inspector, Police Hospital; Gulzar Ahmad Malik, Inspector, ACB; Bagwan Singh Bandra, SI (M), PHQ and Abdul Gaffar Hajam, Head Constable, SDRF I Battalion, Baghat Barzulla, Srinagar, have been awarded with the Police Medal (PM) for Meritorious Service.
Among the 25 police personnel who have been awarded with the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) on the occasion of Republic Day, 2023 are one Senior Superintendent of Police, one Superintendent of Police and 23 other officers. They are GV Sundeep Chakravarthy, SSP, AIG (CIV), Police Headquarters, who has been conferred with the 2nd BAR to PMG; Shahzaad Ahmed Salaria, SP Armed, PCR, who has been conferred with the 3rd BAR to PMG; Sheezan Bhat, DySP, who has been awarded with the 1st BAR to PMG.
The other police personnel who have been awarded with the 1st BAR to PMG, 2nd BAR to PMG, 3rd BAR to PMG and PMG are Furqan Qadir, SDPO; Abdul Rashi, ASI; Harpaul Singh, HC; Tariq Ahmad Ganie, Constable; Amjad Hussain Mir, Inspector; Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat, ASI; ASgar Ali, HC; Mohammad Abass Wani, HC; Charan Singh Charak, SgCT; Imran Ali Sofi, Constable; Parveez Ahmad Khan, SgCT, Fayaz Ahmad Ganie, SgCT; Waseem Mohi-Ud-Din Lone, Constable; Abdul Hamid Reshi, ASI; Bilal Ahmad Wani, Constable; Abdul Hamid, HC; Sheeraz Ahmad Ganai, Constable; Lateef Ahmad Ganie, ASI; Mohammad Rafiq Dar, Constable; Khalid Fayaz Math, Inspector; Mohammad Yousuf Malik, ASI, and Veerinder Manhas, Constable.
Meanwhile, two DIGs including Sujit Kumar, DIG, CKR, M Suleman Choudhary, DIG, U-R Range, SSPs Samir Rekhi, Zahid Naseem Manhas, DySP Vishal Manhas, and Inspector Deshbir Singh have been awarded with the Jammu and Kashmir Police Medal for Meritorious Service (JKPMMS) on the occasion of Republic Day, 2023.
Among the 168 police personnel who have been awarded with the Jammu and Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry are six SSPs and 3 SPs. They are Dr Vinod Kumar, SSP Udhampur; Rakesh Balwal, SSP Srinagar (awarded with JKPMG and 1st Bar JKPMG); GV Sundeep Chakravarthy, SSP, AIG (CIV), Police Headquarters; Yougal Kumar, SSP Kupwara; Shabir Nawab, SSP Sopore; Ghulam Jeelani Wani, SSP Pulwama; SPs-Iftkhar Talib (awarded with 2nd and 3rd BAR JKPMG), Tanushree, and Naresh Singh-Additional SsP, Mohammad Majid Malik, Pardeep Singh (awarded with JKPMG, 1st BAR JKPMG and 2nd BAR JKPMG), Tanweer Ahmad Dar, and Feroz Ahmad; DySsP, Surinder Singh, Mohan Lal (awarded with 1st and 2nd BAR JKPMG), Mohammad Usman (awarded with 1st BAR JKPMG, 2nd BAR JKPMG), Mohammad Aslam Wani, Isha Gupta, Sumit Kumar Sharma, Khalid Ashraf, Syed Peerzada Mujahid-ul-Haq, Sarfaraz Bashir Ganai (awarded with 1st BAR JKPMG and JKPMG), Rohit Kumar, Salim Jahangir Lone, Himayun Muzzammil, Faizan Ali, Anzar Shah, Vaseem Mehmood, Zafar Mahdi, Gazenfer Syed, Rashid Younis, and Ajaz Ahmed.
The other police officers who were awarded with the Jammu and Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry are Majid Hassan Khan, Inspector; Sheikh Adil Bashir, SI; Habibullah Lone, HC; Rouf-al-Sadat, Constable; Ayaz Ahmed Khan, HC; Karan Singh, SgCT; Sheeraz Ahmad Ganai, Constable; Imtiaz Ahmad Bhat, HC; Tanveer Ahmad Khan, Inspector; Tanvir Ahmad Bhat, SgCT; Shameem Ahmad Khan, SgCT; Amit Bhat, SgCT; Zaffar Iqbal Dar, SgCT; Faroz Ahmad Dar, ASI; Vikram Kumar Raina, ASI; SgCTs-Sameer Ahmad, Showkat Ahmad, Satinder Paul Singh, Bilal Ahmad, Kifayat Hussain Bhat, Sakandar Ali, Mushtaq Ahmad Wani, Bilal Ahmad Rather, Zubair Ahmad Rather, Saifullah Majeed Khosa, and Safiullah Qadri (posthumous)-Wasim Raja, Constable; Mohammad Shafi Parray, HC; Abdul Majid Maliik, Constable; Mir Kazam, Inspector; Head Constables Farooq Ahmad, Raman Kumar, Tajinder Singh, and REyaz Ahmad, Sami-Ullah Shah, Constable; Zahoor Ahmad, ASI; Bilal Ahmad, SgCT; Mulkh Raj, Constable; Firdous Ahmad Bhat, Head Constable; Tariq Ahmad Dar, SgCT; Barkat Ali Dar, SgCT; Tauseef Ahmad Khan, SI; Amit Raina, SI; Sandeep Singh, ASI; Abdul Hamid Gogar, ASI; Sunney Duggal, HC; Javaid Ahmad, SgCT; Zahoor Ahmad, ASI; Farooq Ahmad Mir, ASI; Aijaz Ahmd Wani, Follower; Musir Asgar, Inspector; Mukhtar Ahmad, SI; Bashir Ahmad Chachi, ASI; Sajad Ahmad Malik, HC; Yash Paul, SgCT; Maajid Afzal Wani, HC; Mehraj-ud-din-Dar, Constable; Bikram Kumar, ASI; Head Constables, Gh Mohi-ud-Din, Mohammad Qasim Gujjar, and Mohammad Amin Mir; Mohammad Mahmood, Follower; Iqbal Ahmad Mir, SgCT; Tauseef Ahmad Khan, SI; Amit Raina, SI; Abdul Hamid Khan, HC; Amir Ahmad Wani, Constable; Shivam Narang, PSI; Javid Ahmad Wagay, HC; Maneer Ahmad, SgCT; Vikram Kundal, Inspector; Ashwani Thusoo, HC; Mohammad Maqbool Lone, SgCT; Yasir Rashid Bhat, Inspector; Tanveer Ahmad Babzada, HC; Mohammad Rafiq Sheikh, SgCT; Tariq Ahmad Wani, SgCT; Basharat Hussain Mangral, SgCT; Rashad Rashid, SgCT; Nazir Ahmad Taploo, Constable; Ajay Kundal, ASI; Jaswinder Singh, ASI; Mohammad Mubarak Wani, SgCT; Mehraj-ud-din-Khan, follower; Aijaz Ahmad Lone, SgCT; Farooq Ahmad, SI; Yash Paul, HC; Parvaze Ahmad Paray, HC; Anchal Singh, SI; Naseer Ahmad Tota, HC; Mazafar Hussain Shah, HC; Tariq Ahmad Wagay, HC; Mohammad Reyaz, follower; Farooq Ahmad Awan, HC; Sameer Singh, Constable; Amandeep Singh, Constable; Manzoor Hussain Peer, ASI; Irshad Ahmad Malik, SgCT; Nayat Ali, Inspector; Sudhir Sharma, Inspector; Mohammad Younis Khanday, SI; Rajesh Sharma, SgCT; Imran Khan, SgCT(T); Karan Kumar, PSI; Jan Mohammad Ganai, SgCT; Ajay Koul, SgCT; Mohammad Iqbal Mir, Constable; Sajad Ahmad Bhat, HC; Jatinder Singh, HC; Fayaz Ahmad Khan, SgCT; Gulzar Ahmad Lone, SgCT; Naveed Maqbool, Constable; Reyaz Ahmad Mir, SI; Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan, SgCT; Syed Azhar-u-Din, Constable; Tariq Ahmad Mir, Constable; Vimal Singh, PSI; Reyaz Ahmad Mir, SI; Mohammad Shafi Shah, HC; Altaf Ahmad Bhat, SgCT; Mohammad Rafiq, Inspector; Dalbir Kour, Inspector; Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh, SI; Jahangir Ahmad, SgCT; Altaf Ahmad Bhat, SgCT; Javid Ahmad Shah, follower; Sudhir Pandita, HC and Sheeraz Ahmad Pal, SgCT.