Bengaluru: Six police officials and a forensic science laboratory staffer from the state were awarded Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak-2026 for their skills during criminal investigation. Of them, three officials, including two women, are from the special investigation team that probed the sexual assault case against former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and secured his conviction.The three SIT cops are inspector Shobha N, assistant sub-inspector Rathnamma K and constable Balakrishna Y.Senior IPS officer and additional director general of police BK Singh, who headed SIT, expressed joy for the cops: “Along with other team members, they played vital role in collecting scientific and circumstantial evidence. More importantly, they were the ones who stood all the time with the survivor and her family members, which was again a challenging job.”Others who won awards are inspectors Rukumuddin Bavuddin Gadekar (Malamaruti police station, Belagavi city), Manjunath (Devadurga police station, Raichur), Sreenivas Rao and deputy director from FSL Dr Chandrashekhar.
