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Gallantry awards 2024
August 17 , 2024
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- A total of 1,037 police personnel was awarded Police Medals on the occasion of the 78th Independence Day.
- The list includes
- One President’s Medal for Gallantry,
- 213 Police Medals for Gallantry,
- 94 President’s Police Medals for Distinguished Service, and
- 729 Police Medals for Meritorious Service.
- The President’s Medal for gallantry was given to Telangana Police Head Constable Chaduvu Yadaiah, who caught two chain snatchers despite being stabbed in 2022.
- Out of 213 Medal for Gallantry (GM), 208 GM have been awarded to Police Personnel, 31 personnel from J&K Police, 17 personnel each from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, 15 personnel from Chhattisgarh, 12 from Madhya Pradesh, seven personnel each from Jharkhand, Punjab and Telangana.
- Vannia Perumal K and Abhin Dinesh Modak from Tamil Nadu were awarded President’s Medals for Distinguished Service.
- Kannan N, Babu AG, Praveen Kumar Abhinapu and Feroze Khan Abdullah K from Tamil Nadu were awarded Medal for Meritorious Service.
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