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Four Assam Cops Awarded Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation

The Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation' for the year 2021 have been awarded to 152 Police personnel throughout the country.

Sentinel Digital Desk

Guwahati: In a major accomplishment for Assam Police, the Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation was awarded to four officers belonging to Assam Police amongst the 152 other Police personnel who had received the honour.

Assam ADGP GP Singh in a tweet informed, " 'The Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation' for the year 2021 has been awarded to 152 Police personnel (List attached). 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, 11 each from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, 10 from Uttar Pradesh, 9 are from Kerala and Rajasthan Police, 8 are from Tamil Nadu Police, 7 are from Bihar, 6 each are from Gujarat, Karnataka and Delhi Police and the remaining from the other States/UTs. These include twenty-eight (28) women Police officials. for the year 2021 have been awarded to 152 Police personnel (List attached). 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," ADGP Singh added in his tweet.

It may be mentioned that the Assam Police officers who received this valiant award were, Bibekanand Das, SSP, Dr. Rashmi Rekha Sarmah, DySP, Sukumar Sinha, Inspector, Dipankar Gogoi, SI.

It has been a major laurel for the state police as it envigorated the morale of the Police Department in order to inspire future officers to give their best in the process of the police investigation.

ADGP Singh lauded the exemplary feat of his officers and mentioned that the department is relentlessly working towards curbing crime in the state and all the personnel is avidly working to reach the cause.

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