Guwahati: Four Assam Police Personnel have been awarded the “Union Home Minister’s Medal for their Excellence in Investigation” for the year 2021.
Additional Director General of Police, GP Singh in a tweet stated, “Union Home Ministers Medal for Excellence in Investigation awarded to four @assampolice officers. Congratulations. @mygovassam @CMOfficeAssam”
Union Home Ministers Medal for Excellence in Investigation awarded to four @assampolice officers. Congratulations. @mygovassam @CMOfficeAssam pic.twitter.com/wRXUh59Xxr
— GP Singh (@gpsinghips) August 12, 2021
The awarded officers are SSP Bibekanand Das, DSP Rashmi Rekha Sarmah, Inspector Sukumar Sinha, and SI Dipankar Gogoi.
According to an official statement, Among the personnel receiving these awards, 15 are from CBI, 11 each from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, 10 from Uttar Pradesh, 9 are from Kerala and Rajasthan Police, 8 are from Tamil Nadu Police, 7 are from Bihar, 6 each are from Gujarat, Karnataka and Delhi Police and the remaining from the other States/UTs. These include twenty-eight (28) women Police officials.
The statement further included that this medal was constituted in 2018, with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognize such Excellence in Investigation by investigating officers.