New Delhi: V Chandrasekhar, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) joint director who supervised the probe into the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, is among 31 officers of the agency awarded police medals on the occasion of the 77th Republic Day.
A 2000-batch IPS officer of the Gujarat cadre, Chandrasekhar has been conferred the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service, according to a list issued by the government on Sunday. As joint director, he oversaw the investigation into the brutal crime, which culminated in the conviction of the main accused within months of the chargesheet being filed.
Several other CBI officials have also received the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service. These include Superintendent of Police Amit Srivastava, Additional Superintendent of Police Mukesh Sharma, Sub-Inspector Pramod Kumar Yati, Assistant Sub-Inspector Chaman Lal, and Head Constable Ramu Golla.
In addition, 25 officers of the agency have been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Among them are 2007-batch IPS officer C Venkata Subba Reddy, currently serving as a joint director in the CBI, and his batchmate Sadanand Shakarrao Date, who recently returned to his parent cadre as an inspector general after serving as a DIG in the agency.
Deputy Legal Advisor Manmohan Sharma, Additional SPs Baidyanath Samal and Kailash Sahu, and Deputy SPs Rubi Choudhary, Manish Kumar Upadhyay, Anmol Sachan, Nishu Kushwaha, Arijit Sinha, Sharad Suresh Bhawar, Thahir Abbas P and Dharmendra Kumar have also been honoured.
The list further includes Inspector Dharmender, Programmer Deepti Vashista, ASI Vinod Kumar, Officer Superintendent Narikote Nandini, Head Constables Netram Chourasiya, Puran Mal Gujjar, Bhola Roy, Babu Varghese and Vikram Singh, along with Constables Sanjeev Kumar, Waikhom Rajesh Singh and Rupendra Kumar, all of whom received the Police Medal for Meritorious Service.
