New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has relesed the 2021 list of awardees for the 'Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation'. This year, it will be awarded to 152 police personnel serving across the country.
Established in 2018, this honour aimed to encourage high standards in crime investigations and recognise the "Excellence in Investigation" delivered by police personnel in their work.
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In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs said: "The 'Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation' for the year 2021 have been awarded to 152 Police personnel. 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."
You can check the full list of Union Home Minister’s Medal For Excellence awardees here.
Out of the total 152 awardees, 15 are from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), 11 from the Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra police forces, 10 from Uttar Pradesh, nine from Kerala and Rajasthan, eight from Tamil Nadu, seven from Bihar, and six each from Gujarat, Karnataka, and Delhi. Five awardes police officers are from Telangana, four each from Assam, Haryana, Odisha, and West Bengal while the remaining are from the other states and UTs, as per the statement.
The list includes 28 women Police officials.