President’s Police Medal for 2 in Maharashtra list of 38

MUMBAI - Thirty-eight police officers from Maharashtra, including one woman, figure in the list of Republic Day honours which were announced Monday.

Of them, two officers - Additional Deputy Commissioner (State Intelligence Department-Political) Shirish Janardhan Inamdar and State Reserve Police Commandant Babarao Sakharao Ingle - have been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service.

Two other officers - Inspector Sandip Dadaji Khiratkar and Sub-Inspector Kiran Vasant Bhosale, both with the Railway Protection Force here - have awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry.

One officer - Sarat Chandra Parhi of the Railway Protection Force - has been honoured with the Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service.

The Police Medal for Meritorious Service has been awarded to:

Mumbai - R.K. Padmanabhan, Additional Commissioner of Police, South Region;

Ritesh kumar, Additional Commissioner of Police, East Region;

Amitabh Gupta, Additional Commissioner of Police, West Region; Nandakumar Anant Chaugule, Deputy Superintendent of Police, State Intelligence Department;

Sheshrao Baburao Suryawanshi, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Anti-Corruption Bureau;

Jaywant Kanhu Hargude, Senior Police Inspector, Malwani Police Station, Malad; Ramchandra Aba Barkade, Inspector of Police, CID-SB-II; Arun Shankarrao Bhagat, Inspector, Traffice Control Branch; Appa Demana Sesai, Assistant Police Inspector, Anti-Corruption Bureau; Chandrakant Gawade, Assistant Police Sub-Inspector, MT; Dinkar Sahebrao Sathe, Assistant Police Sub-Inspector, CID; Shivaji Dattu Kachare, Armed Assistant Police Sub-Inspector CID-SB-I; Nizam Hasan Mahagonde, Head Constable, LA-III, Worli; Sudhir Krishnaji Tawde, Head Constable, Chembur Police Station; Dwarkanath Sakharam Koyande, Constable, Traffic Control; Maruti Tukaram Patil, Head Constable, Pant Nagar Police Station.

Elsewhere in Maharashtra, the awardees of the Police Medal for Meritorious Services are:

Pradeep Vasantrao Deshpande, Superintendent of Police, Gondia; Shamrao Ramchandra Dighavkar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Solapur City; Dattatraya Shripad Datar, Senior Inspector of Police, Rabale police station, Navi Mumbai; Vilas Sitaram Jadhav, Inspector, Maharashtra Police Academy, Nashik; Vishnu Baburao Jagtap, Inspector of Police, PTS, Khandala; Sushma Shailendra Chavan, Inspector of Police, CID, Pune - the sole woman in the list; Vijay Akaram Ingale, Assistant Inspector of Police, Traffic Branch, Thane City; Ramesh Nago Shelar, Armed Assistant Police Sub-inspector, State Reserve Police Force, Dhule; Dilawar Dastagir Bargir, Assistant Police Sub-Inspector, Police Headqaurters, Kolhapur; Murlidhar Krishnath Nawade, Assistant Police Sub-Inspector, Osmanabad Rural; Chandrakant Shivaji Patil, Assistant Police Sub-Inspector, Police Headquarters, Navi Mumbai; Madhukar Sopanrao Channe, Head Constable, PCR, Satara;

Parshuram Bhikaji Jagtap, Head Constable, Special Branch, Pune City; Dilip Balasaheb Wasamkar, Head Constable, Local Crime Branch, Kolhapur; Vinayak Umata Rajput, Head Constable, Dist Special Branch, Nandurbar; Remond Manvel D’souza, Head Constable, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Sindhudurg; and Shankar Vishnu Chougule, constable, PCR, Kolhapur.