Chennai: A total of 23 officers of the Tamilnadu police were chosen for the President’s Medals award for distinguished work by the Union Government on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day.
Director General of Police (DGP) J K Tripathy in a release here said the police officers were selected at all India level for their distinguished work.
These medals were awarded twice a year on Republic Day and Independence Day. These medals were given taking into account overall performance, achievement and reputation.
While two officers–Mr R Antony Johnson Jeyapaul, Commandant, Tamil Nadu Special Police II Battalion, Avadi and Mr P Ravichandran, Commandant, TamilnaduĀ Special Police VII Battalion, Pochampalli–have been awarded the Presidentās Police Medal for Meritorious service.
They were Ms M Sathiya Priya, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Training, Chennai, Ms E.S. Uma, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Coimbatore City,Ā Mr R Thirunavukkarasu, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Intelligence Section-I, Greater Chennai Police, Mr V Visweswarayya, Assistant Commissioner of Police,
Neelankarai Range, South Zone, Greater Chennai Police, Mr K Yuvaraj, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Social Justice and Human Rights, Chennai, Mr E Mcclarine Eskhol, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Tirunelveli, Mr S Ravichandran, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Crime Branch-CID, Chennai, Mr S Charles Sam Rajadurai, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Intelligence Section, Greater Chennai Police, Mr M Sathyaseelan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Madurai, Mr S Manoharan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Thanjavur, Mr E.S.J. Melwyn Rajasingh,, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Cuddalore, K Sasikumar, Inspector of Police, Special Task Force, Erode, Mr A Irudayam, Inspector of Police, Coastal Security Group, Chennai Unit, Mr A Immanuel Gnanasekar, Inspector, Special Branch CID, Chennai, Mr N Elangovan, Inspector Pallavaram Law and Order Police Station, South Zone, Greater Chennai, Mr P Sundararajan, Inspector, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Dindigul, Mr T Kandasamy, Inspector, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, CSU 1, Chennai, Mr A Ambrose Jayaraja, Inspector Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Madurai, Mr B Balakrishnan, Sub-Inspector of Police, Security Branch CID, Chennai, Mr S Viswanathan, SpecialĀ Sub-Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Salem and Mr P Prahalathan, Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption, SIC, Chennai.