Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, January 25-
Governor of Punjab on Saturday announced the names of the Punjab Police officers/officials, to be awarded the Chief Minister’s Rakshak Padak award and Chief Minister’s Medal for Outstanding Devotion to Duty on the occasion of Republic Day-2025.
The Governor announced the names of four officials of Police Post Jaijon in Hoshiarpur including ASI Manna Singh, ASI Rajinder Singh, Lady Senior Constable Kulwinder Kaur and Punjab Homeguard Gurdeep Singh for Chief Minister’s Rakshak Padak award.
Senior Constable Gurpreet Singh from CID Unit Ludhiana to also be conferred with the Chief Minister’s Rakshak Padak award as the latter saved a man's life by pulling him out of the Sirhind Canal after he attempted to commit suicide following a verbal dispute with his newlywed wife on August 29, 2024.
Similarly, 8 PPS officers including SP PBI Sangrur Navreet Singh Virk, SP PBI and Investigation Faridkot Jasmeet Singh, SP Headquarters Gurdaspur Jugraj Singh, Commandant 4th Commando Battalion Parampal Singh, JD VB Digvijay Kapil, AIG CI Bathinda Avneet Kaur Sidhu, SP D Amritsar Rural Harinder Singh and DSP Samar Pal Sigh are among 19 officers/officials who have been selected for the Chief Minister’s Medal for Outstanding Devotion to Duty.