Bengaluru: Eighteen personnel of state police have been honoured with President’s medal for distinguished and meritorious service on the occasion of Independence Day.Assistant commissioner of police Dharmendra HN, serving with Central Crime Branch, Bengaluru, has been conferred with the medal for distinguished service. Other 17 personnel are recipients of medal for meritorious service.The awardees include Sarah Fathima, superintendent of police, railways, Thomas Mathew PM, commandant, 9th Battalion KSRP, T Mahadeva, ACP, south-east traffic, Pramanad P Ghodake, DSP, DAR, Raichur district, Nayeem M, RPI, Lok Bhavan, Shanmugha Varma K, PI, Police Training School, Mysuru, Bavuddeen Rukmudeen Gaddekar, PI, Malamaruti police station, Guru Prasad Gopalnaik, PI, CID.Other awardees are Sreenivasa M, PSI, KP Agrahara police station, Gyanadev Naval Tarase, Spl ARSI, 3rd Battalion KSRP, Maria Joseph Dinesh Kumar F, CHC, DCRB, KGF, Nagesh Manchaiah, AHC, CID, Abdul Kamal Abdul Hameed, CHC, Tarikere subdivision, Mahadevaswamy, HC, Vidhana Soudha security, Chandrashekar G Chikkananavar, Spl RHC, 4th Battalion KSRP, SA Manohara, PC, Hunsur Town police station, Abdul Rabbani, PC, DPO, Chikkamagaluru.
