Two police officers from the State have been chosen for the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service, while another 17 have been selected for the Police Medal for Meritorious Service, which will be awarded on August 15.
A.S.N. Murthy, Inspector-General of Police, Internal Security Division, and Vijaya Kumar G. Dambal, Additional Superintendent of Police of Ballari district, will receive the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service. Those receiving the Police Medal for Meritorious Service are M.N. Nagaraj, Superintendent of Police, Bagalkot district; Manjunath Annigeri, Superintendent of Police, Special Investigation Team, Lokayukta; S. Badrinath, ACP, K.R. Pura sub-division, Bengaluru; Vinay A. Gaonkar, ACP, Cubbon Park sub-division, Bengaluru; V. Mariyappa, ACP, Traffic South sub-division, Bengaluru; Somalingappa B. Chabbi, ACP, North sub-division, Hubballi city; C.A. Siddalingaiah, Inspector, Lokayukta, Kolar; Shantharaj, Inspector (Wireless), Central Workshop, Police Headquarters, Bengaluru; Pramod S. Dhage, Inspector (Wireless), District Control Room, Bengaluru Rural district; Sreedhar Doddi, Inspector, Hospet Town police station, Ballari; K.S. Praneshmurthy, Sub-Inspector, State Intelligence, Bengaluru; P. Nagaraj, Assistant Sub-Inspector, Gandasi police station, Hassan; T.L. Mudduraju Urs, Armed Reserve Sub-Inspector, District Armed Reserve, Chikkamagaluru; C.K. Padmanabha, Assistant Sub-Inspector, District Crime Branch, Chikkamagaluru; A.M. Palangappa, Armed Reserve Sub-Inspector, 3rd Battalion, KSRP, Bengaluru; K.E. Mathew, Armed Head Constable, District Armed Reserve, Shivamogga; and C. Hiriyannaiah, Armed Head Constable, District Armed Reserve, Chikkamagaluru.