Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, the Government of Odisha has selected 20 police personnel, including two IGs, for the Governor’s Police Medal for the year 2024. These police personnel are under seven different categories, as below:
Category I (ADGP/IGP/DIGP)
Himanshu Kumar Lal, IG of Police, Eastern Range, Balasore
Shefeen Ahamed K, IG of Police, CID, CB, Odisha, Cuttack
Category II (SP/AIGP/Commandant/Deputy Commandant)
Jagmohan Meena, SP Ganjam
Manas Ranjan Garnaik, SP Sambalpur
Category III (ASP/DSP/Assistant Commandant)
Udaybhanu Mishra, ASP, BPSPA, BBSR
Manas Ranjan Garnaik, ACP, UPD, BBSR
Category IV (Inspector/Reserve Inspector/ Subedar Major/Subedar)
Anila Anand, Inspector of Police, CID, CB, Odisha, Cuttack
Sabyasachi Malla, Inspector of Police, Pattapur police station, Ganjam
Hemamalini Nayak, Inspector, Viigilance, Sambalpur Division
Category V (SI/Sergeant/Drill Sub-Inspector/Deputy Subedar)
Dilip Kumar Nayak, SI of Police (Armed) ASAP, 4th Batallion, Rourkela
Jugal Charan Swain, SI of Police, UPD, Bhubaneswar
Sanjaya Kumar Pattanayak, SI, Vigilance, Sambalpur Division
Category VI (ASI/Havildar/ Havildar Major)
Bikash Kumar Patra, ASI of Police (Communication), Odisha Police, Signal Estt
Prajapati Meher, ASI, Special Branch, Odisha, BBSR
Prasanta Kumar Biswal, Driver Havildar, Puri
Category VII (Constable/Sepoy/Assistant Driver)
Ramesh Kumar Sahu, Constable, (OR), Kalahandi
Sanatan Sahoo, Constable, Vigilance Directorate, Cuttack
Naresh Kumar Choudhury, Constable Jharsuguda
Biswakarma Munda, Sepoy/499n OSAP, 4th Battalion, Rourkela
Kedar Nath Mishra, Sepoy Sw, Special Branch, BBSR