ADGP Vinod Kumar will get high police honour

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: State Intelligence ADGP TK Vinod Kumar has been chosen for the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service, whereas 9 different officers from the state have been chosen for the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service introduced on the eve of Republic Day. The  1992-batch IPS officer from Kannur began his profession as an assistant superintendent. He turned member of the UN International Police Task Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He functioned as deputy director of SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad, and district police superintendent and commissioner of Kozhikode metropolis. 

He was promoted to the put up of ADGP, Intelligence and Internal Security, in 2017. The police medal for distinguished service is awarded to those that have put in 25 years of service in police and received the police medal for meritorious service earlier than. 

South Zone IG Harshit Attaluri was amongst these picked up for the police medal for meritorious service. The others are: Ok L Johnkutty (principal, Police Training College), Rajesh N (SP, PSC Vigilance), Ajith Kumar B (deputy commandant, MSP), Abdul Razack Ok P (further DCP, Kozhikode City), Ok Harischandra Naik (DySP, Special Branch, Kasaragod), S Manjulal (inspector, Karunagappally), Nazar Ok (grade SI, Vaikom) and Ok Valsala (SCPO, DHQ, Malappuram).

George A T, assistant station officer, Uppala, has been chosen for the President’s Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service. Abdul Rasheed Ok, regional fireplace officer, Kozhikode, and Nazar P, senior fireplace and rescue officer, Mannarkad, have been chosen for the President’s Fire Service Medal for Meritorious Service.

Received police medalRajeeva Kumar S, Asst SI/Executive, Unit ASG, Trivandrum, Vallakadavu, CISF Prasad Thankappan, Head Constable, ACB, Kochi, CBISunil Kumar Narayanan, JIO-I, Trivandrum, IB