Four Cops from Odisha Awarded with Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation 2020

New Delhi: Four police personnel from Odisha have been awarded with the “Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation” for the year 2020.

The personnel are Sushma Tirkey (Inspector), Jugal Kishore Dash (Sub-Inspector), Santoshi Barik (Sub-Inspector) and Baba Sankar Saraf (Sub-Inspector).

They are among the 121 Police personnel receiving the medal.
This 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.

Among the personnel receiving these awards, 15 are from CBI, 10 each are from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, 8 are from Uttar Pradesh Police, 7 each are from Kerala and West Bengal Police, and the remaining from the other States/UTs. These include twenty one (21) women police officers.