Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu gave away the medals to police officers and personnel in recognition of the meritorious service at the 68th Independence Day celebrations here on Friday.
The recipients of the medals are:
Indian Police Medal, Independence Day 2012: Shankara Bratha Bagchi, IPS, P. Promod Kumar, IPS, J. Satyanarayana, IPS, J. Prabhakar Rao, IPS, E. Srinivas, Principal PTC, Vizianagaram, Gogineni Vijayakumar, Commandant, 2nd Battallion, Kurnool, P. Surya Rao, Deputy SP, Seelamsetty Raghava Rao, ACP, Vijayawada, Nalagatla Sudhakar Reddy, Inspector, Shaik Lal Ahmed, Subinspector, Kandukur, Kanagala Purna Kumari, Head Constable, Vijayawada City,
Indian Police Medal, Independence Day 2013: Anil Kumar, IPS, N. Madhusudan Reddy, IPS, Devendar Singh Chauhan, IPS, Venkireddy Somasekhar Reddy, Uppada Ravi Prakash, Additional SP, Karamchetti Tirumala Ravi Manohara Chari, Inspector, Kusupudi Umamaheswara Rao, Inspector, Duppala Rajeswara Rao, Inspector, Edupalli Ankababu, Sub-Inspector, T.V. Ramachandran, Head Constable, Sangam Venkata Rao, Head Constable, Pushapala Krishna Murthy, RSI and N. Hussain, police constable, CID.
President’s Police Medal Republic Day 2013: A. R. Anuradha, IPS, Addl DGP (Intelligence).
Indian Police Medal Republic Day 2013: Karari Raghu, Deputy SP, D. Aseervadam, Assistant Commandant, Mangalagiri, Mallu Rajagopal Reddy, Inspector, Bukkapuram Srinivasulu, Inspector, Kotra Sudhakar, Inspector, Dasari Dandu Ganga Raju, Reserve Inspector, Gulla Venkata Narayana Yadav, Sub-inspector, Ch. Bala Venkata Reddy, AR Sub-Inspector, Chintala Vijaya Raju, Sub-inspector and Yadla Gurunadham, AR Head Constable.
Police Medal for Gallantry Independence Day 2012: A. Prabhu, Junior Commando, Naguru Anil Kumar, Junior Commando, N. Ramoji Naik, Junior Commando.
Armed categoryMeanwhile, the contingent from 16th Battalion, APSP, Visakhapatnam, was adjudged best under the armed category at the parade. The second prize was bagged by the 6th Battalion at Mangalagiri.
Under the unarmed category, the Kendriya Vidyalaya High School (Boys), Kurnool, bagged the first prize and the second prize was claimed by AP Social Welfare Residential Schools.
Under the tableau display category, the first prize was bagged by DWCRA Groups, Second Prize by Drinking water and Sanitation presentation and the third prize by Irrigation department. The respective officers received the awards from the Chief Minister.