The Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation for 2022 was awarded to 151 Police personnel on Friday.
Among those receiving the awards, 15 are from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), 11 from Maharashtra Police, 10 each from Madhya Pradesh Police and Uttar Pradesh Police, eight each from Kerala Police, Rajasthan Police and West Bengal Police and the remaining from other states and Union Territory organizations. These awardees also include 28 women police officers.
The Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation was constituted in 2018 with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognize such Excellence in Investigation. It is announced every year on the 12th of August.
The medal is given on the grounds of excellence in an investigation to the members of Central Investigation Agencies, states or UTs Police Force in recognition of the outstanding service in the investigation.
The recommendations of the eligible officials of the rank– ranging from Head Constable to Superintendent of Police– is asked to be submitted online.
The Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation for the year 2021 was awarded to 152 police personnel. Among the personnel who received these awards in 2021 included 15 from CBI, 11 each from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, 10 from Uttar Pradesh, nine from Kerala and Rajasthan Police, eight from Tamil Nadu Police, seven from Bihar, six each from Gujarat, Karnataka and Delhi Police and the remaining from the other states and UTs.
NAME OF OFFICERS AWARDED “ UNION HOME MINISTER’S MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN INVESTIGATION FOR THE YEAR 2022.
| S.No | Name (S/Shri) | State/Org |
| 1 | Shri B Seetharamaiah, Dy SP | Andhra Pradesh |
| 2 | Shri Kannuju Vasu, Inspector | Andhra Pradesh |
| 3 | Shri Khadar Basha Shaik, Sub Inspector | Andhra Pradesh |
| 4 | Shri Srinivasa Rao Kolli, Asst Commr of Police | Andhra Pradesh |
| 5 | Shri Satyanarayana Mutyala, Inspector | Andhra Pradesh |
| 6 | Shri Rohit Rajbir Singh, SP | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 7 | Shri Barun Purkayastha, SP | Assam |
| 8 | Shri Mrinmoy Das, SDPO | Assam |
| 9 | Smt Rosy Talukdar, Dy SP | Assam |
| 10 | Shri Narayan Saikia, SI | Assam |
| 11 | Smt Saayli Savlaram Dhurat, SP | Bihar |
| 12 | Shri Vinay Tiwari, SP | Bihar |
| 13 | Shri Ram Shankar Singh, Inspector | Bihar |
| 14 | Shri Vinay Prakash, Inspector | Bihar |
| 15 | Shri Manoj Kumar Rai, Sub Inspector | Bihar |
| 16 | Shri Md Chand Parwez, Sub Inspector | Bihar |
| 17 | Shri Md Ghulam Mustafa, Sub Inspector | Bihar |
| 18 | Ms Divya Sharma, Sub Inspector | Chhattisgarh |
| 19 | Shri Rajendra Kumar Jaiswal, Addl SP | Chhattisgarh |
| 20 | Shri Dinesh Yadav, Inspector | Chhattisgarh |
| 21 | Shri Abhay Chudasama, IGP | Gujarat |
| 22 | Shri GirishKumar Laxmanbhai Singhal, IGP | Gujarat |
| 23 | Smt Usha Bachubhai Rada, Dy CP | Gujarat |
| 24 | Shri Sagar Bagmar, Dy CP | Gujarat |
| 25 | Shri Rajendrasinh Ranjitsinh Sarvaiya, ACP | Gujarat |
| 26 | Shri Bhupendra Natwarlal Dave, ACP | Gujarat |
| 27 | Smt Suman Devi, Sub Inspector | Haryana |
| 28 | Shri Basant Kumar, Inspector | Haryana |
| 29 | Shri Yogesh Kumar, Sub Inspector | Haryana |
| 30 | Shri Gopal Chand, HC | Haryana |
| 31 | Shri Narvir Singh Rathour, Addl SP | Himachal Pradesh |
| 32 | Shri Sachit Sharma, Dy SP | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 33 | Smt Rupa Baxla, Sub Inspector | Jharkhand |
| 34 | Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Choudhary, Dy SP | Jharkhand |
| 35 | Shri Lakshmi Ganesh K, Addl SP | Karnataka |
| 36 | Shri Venkatappa Nayaka, Dy SP | Karnataka |
| 37 | Shri Mysore Rajendra Gowtham, Dy SP | Karnataka |
| 38 | Shri Shankar Kalappa Marihal, Dy SP | Karnataka |
| 39 | Shri Shankargouda Veerangouda Patil, Dy SP | Karnataka |
| 40 | Shri Gurubasavaraj H Hiregowder, Circle Police Inspector | Karnataka |
| 41 | Shri Anand R, AAIG | Kerela |
| 42 | Shri K Karthick, District Police Chief | Kerela |
| 43 | Shri Vipin V S, Inspector | Kerela |
| 44 | Shri Mahim Salim, Sub Inspector | Kerela |
| 45 | Shri Viju Kumar Nalinakshan, Dy SP | Kerela |
| 46 | Shri Karuppasamy, District Police Chief | Kerela |
| 47 | Shri Emmanuel Paul, Dy SP | Kerela |
| 48 | Shri Kumar R, Inspector | Kerela |
| 49 | Shri Avdesh Singh Tomar, Officiating Inspector | Madhya Pradesh |
| 50 | Shri Ravindra Kumar Chawariya, Inspector | Madhya Pradesh |
| 51 | Shri Umashankar Mukati, SI | Madhya Pradesh |
| 52 | Shri Amrit Kumar Tigga, Inspector | Madhya Pradesh |
| 53 | Shri Saktooram Maravi, Inspector | Madhya Pradesh |
| 54 | Smt Shashi Vishwakarma, Inspector | Madhya Pradesh |
| 55 | Shri Lokesh Kumar Sinha, SP | Madhya Pradesh |
| 56 | Shri Santosh Kumar Pandre, Inspector | Madhya Pradesh |
| 57 | Smt Sonam Raghuwanshi, SI | Madhya Pradesh |
| 58 | Smt Sapna Rathore, SI | Madhya Pradesh |
| 59 | Shri Krishna Kant Upadhyay, Dy CP | Maharashtra |
| 60 | Shri Pramod Bhaskarrao Toradmal, Inspector | Maharashtra |
| 61 | Shri Manoj Mohan Pawar, Asst. Police Inspector | Maharashtra |
| 62 | Shri Dilip Shishupal Pawar, Inspector | Maharashtra |
| 63 | Shri Ashok Tanaji Virkar, SDPO | Maharashtra |
| 64 | Shri Ajit Bhagwat Patil, SDPO | Maharashtra |
| 65 | Ms Rani Tukaram Kale, Asst Inspector | Maharashtra |
| 66 | Ms Deepshikha Deepak Ware, Inspector | Maharashtra |
| 67 | Shri Sureshkumar Nanasaheb Raut, Inspector | Maharashtra |
| 68 | Shri Jitendra Bodappa Vankoti, Inspector | Maharashtra |
| 69 | Shri Sameer Suresh Ahirrao, Inspector | Maharashtra |
| 70 | Shri Marchang Wungmahai, Sub Inspector | Manipur |
| 71 | Shri Pyrkhatlang Suchiang, Dy SP | Meghalaya |
| 72 | Smt Lalbelthangi, Sub Inspector | Mizoram |
| 73 | Smt Tulakha K Sumi, Addl SP | Nagaland |
| 74 | Shri Ashish Chandra Jena, Inspector | Odisha |
| 75 | Smt Anusuya Nayak, Inspector | Odisha |
| 76 | Smt Sumitra Jena, DSP | Odisha |
| 77 | Shri Ramesh Kumar Pradhan, Inspector | Odisha |
| 78 | Shri Shaminder Singh, Inspector | Punjab |
| 79 | Shri Gyan Prakash Naval, Addl DCP | Rajasthan |
| 80 | Shri Devendra, Inspector | Rajasthan |
| 81 | Ms Madhu Kanwar Rajpurohit, Sub Inspector | Rajasthan |
| 82 | Dr Anukruti Ujjeniya, Addl SP | Rajasthan |
| 83 | Shri Chhatar Singh, Inspector | Rajasthan |
| 84 | Shri Pooran Singh Rajpurohit, Inspector | Rajasthan |
| 85 | Shri Sujana Ram, Sub Inspector | Rajasthan |
| 86 | Shri Bhawani Shankar Suthar, Sub Inspector | Rajasthan |
| 87 | Smt A Kanakeshwari, Addl SP | Tamil Nadu |
| 88 | Smt K Amutha, Inspector | Tamil Nadu |
| 89 | Smt S Sasikala, Inspector | Tamil Nadu |
| 90 | Smt. Pandi Muthulakshmi, Inspector | Tamil Nadu |
| 91 | Shri R Selvarajan, Sub Inspector | Tamil Nadu |
| 92 | Shri P Venkata Ramana, DSP | Telangana |
| 93 | Shri Rudravaram Gandla Siva Maruthi, Asstt CP | Telangana |
| 94 | Shri Anji Reddy Bujoor, Inspector | Telangana |
| 95 | Shri Ashala Gangaram, DSP | Telangana |
| 96 | Shri Raghu Veggalam, Asstt CP | Telangana |
| 97 | Smt Emily Nandy, Sub Inspector | Tripura |
| 98 | Shri Ram Govind Mishra, Inspector | Uttar Pradesh |
| 99 | Shri Neeraj Kumar Pal, Sub Inspector | Uttar Pradesh |
| 100 | Shri Bhaiya Shivprasad Singh, Inspector | Uttar Pradesh |
| 101 | Shri Santosh Kumar Sharma, Inspector | Uttar Pradesh |
| 102 | Shri Sansar Singh Rathi, Dy SP | Uttar Pradesh |
| 103 | Shri Yogendra Kumar, Inspector | Uttar Pradesh |
| 104 | Shri Kamlesh Singh, SHO | Uttar Pradesh |
| 105 | Shri Suraj Kumar Tiwari, Sub Inspector | Uttar Pradesh |
| 106 | Shri Saviratna Gautam, Dy SP | Uttar Pradesh |
| 107 | Shri Shailesh Kumar Rai, Inspector | Uttar Pradesh |
| 108 | Smt Bhadane Vishakha Ashok, SP | Uttarakhand |
| 109 | Shri Chandranath Aich Roy, Sub Inspector | West Bengal |
| 110 | Shri Himadri Chakraborty, Sub Inspector | West Bengal |
| 111 | Shri Sandip Pramanick, Sub Inspector | West Bengal |
| 112 | Shri Jayanta Pal, Sub Inspector | West Bengal |
| 113 | Shri Amit Kumar Singh, Sub Inspector | West Bengal |
| 114 | Shri Chandra Pratap Sharma, Sub Inspector | West Bengal |
| 115 | Shri Sohom Chatterjee, Sub Inspector | West Bengal |
| 116 | Smt Shovna Sewa, Sub Inspector | West Bengal |
| 117 | Shri P Jeevan, Sub Inspector | A&N Islands |
| 118 | Smt Chhayaben Laxmanbhai Tandel, Sub Inspector | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
| 119 | Shri Liladhar Makwana, Sub Inspector | Daman & Diu |
| 120 | Shri Deepak Yadav, DCP | Delhi |
| 121 | Shri Muneesh Kumar, Sub Inspector | Delhi |
| 122 | Shri Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Inspector | Delhi |
| 123 | Shri R P Meena, DCP | Delhi |
| 124 | Shri Sanjay Dutt, ACP | Delhi |
| 125 | Shri Anuj Kumar Tyagi, Inspector | Delhi |
| 126 | Shri R Rajan, Sub Inspector | Puducherry |
| 127 | Shri Lhari Dorjee Lhatoo, SP | NIA |
| 128 | Ms Pratibha Ambedkar, SP | NIA |
| 129 | Shri Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Dy SP | NIA |
| 130 | Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, Dy SP | NIA |
| 131 | Shri Shashikant Rajnath Singh, Inspector | NIA |
| 132 | Shri Surender Kumar Rohilla, Dy SP | CBI |
| 133 | Shri Pramod Kumar, Dy SP | CBI |
| 134 | Shri Sandeep Singh Bhadouriya, Dy SP | CBI |
| 135 | Shri Manoj Kumar, Dy SP | CBI |
| 136 | Shri Kumar Bhaskar, Dy SP | CBI |
| 137 | Shri Hemanshu Shah, Inspector | CBI |
| 138 | Shri Sambhaji Nivrutti, Inspector | CBI |
| 139 | Smt. M Sasirekha, Inspector | CBI |
| 140 | Shri Sridhar D, Inspector | CBI |
| 141 | Shri Satyaveer, Inspector | CBI |
| 142 | Shri Saji Sankar, Inspector | CBI |
| 143 | Shri Deepak Kumar, Inspector | CBI |
| 144 | Shri Anuj Kumar, Inspector | CBI |
| 145 | Shri Amit Awdesh Srivastav, Inspector | CBI |
| 146 | Shri Pradeep Kumar Tripathi, Inspector | CBI |
| 147 | Shri Sudhanshu Kumar Singh, ZD | NCB |
| 148 | Shri Kuldeep Sharma, AD | NCB |
| 149 | Shri Pankaj Kumar Dwivedi, AD(Ops) | NCB |
| 150 | Smt Mehak Jain, Superintendent | NCB |
| 151 | Shri M Suresh Kumar, Superintendent | NCB |
