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Be a role model to others, policemen told

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Governor Rameshwar Thakur presents medals to 78 police personnel

— Photo: Sampath Kumar G.P.

Proud moment: Recipients of police medals with Governor Rameshwar Thakur in Bangalore on Monday.

BANGALORE: Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Monday presented medals to 78 police personnel, including a women police inspector who was awarded posthumously, for gallantry, distinguished service and meritorious service.

Sanjeev Somanna Odeyar of Athani in Belgaum district received the Jeevan Suraksha Medal, awarded to civilians, for rescuing three persons from Krishna River while it was in spate. The medals were announced during Independence Day and Republic Day held in 2006 and 2007.

Speaking on the occasion, Governor urged the medal recipients to act as custodians of the police traditions and be role models to those who join the police service. He said the police could not afford to develop an attitude of complacency or casualness at any point of time as it could cause damage not only to officers, but also to society as a whole.

Stressing on the need to bring about a change in police administration, Mr. Thakur said there was need to build a psychological profile of policemen to assign tasks that suited the personnel.

Medal winners

Among the police officers who received the medals include Additional Directors-General of Police M.K. Srivastava, Dharampal Negi and S.T. Ramesh, and Inspectors-General of Police Om Prakash, Bipin Gopal Krishna, Jeevan Kumar Venkatarao Gaonkar, B.E. Umapathy, Sanjay Veer Singh, Sanjay Sahay, P.S. Sandhu, M.V. Murthy and R.P. Sharma. The medal was given posthumously to S.B. Shakuntala, who worked as inspector in the State Intelligence Department.

The other policemen who received the medals are S. Murugan, K.C. Ashokan, B.K. Shivaram, N. Srinidhi, R.M. Ajay, Y.C. Nagannagowda, B.C. Rudramurthy, A.M. Satish, A.B. Appanna, K.C. Venkatarao Mane, B.B. Ashok Kumar, Gopal B. Hosur, P. Ravindranath, K.G. Bhat, D. Jayaprakash, Mohammed Rafiq Abdul Gani Mulla, M.C. Thimmaiah, L. Shivashankarappa, M.T. Ali, A.S. Joyappa, S.D. Managuli, V.L. Chandraiah, A.T. Ayachit, S. Parashivamurthy, B.A. Padmanayana, A.B. Kittali, B. Anjanappa, D.T. Srinivasa, V. Govindaiah, R. Rajashekar, M.P. Nayak, P.K. Shivashankar, H.S. Manjunath, Narayana Baindur, Abdul Kareem, Narayana Mallappa Choori, P. Sundara Murthy, Kamal Panth, Kumar Shankar Karning, R. Nagaraj Urs, K. Eshwar Prasad, M. Pradeep Kumar, H.K. Srinivasa Prasad, N. Shivakumar, Shankaregowda, N. Chalapathy, A. Yalagaiah, Manjunath Prakash, M.B. Sayyed, K. Nagaraj, S.R. Phaneendra Singh, S. Rangaswamy Naik, D.M. Krishnaraju, Ratnakar Sadashiva Solanki, K.S. Yogappa, M.B. Mallikarjuna Swamy, K. Ravindra Prasad, D. Narayana Swamy, A.H. Chapper, S.V. Guled, G.B. Manjunath, A.B. Rajendra Kumar, C. Devidasan, N. Narasimhamurthy and K.B. Nanjappa.

Adviser to Governor P.K.H. Tharakan, Prinicipal Secretary (Home) Vatsala Watsa and Director-General and Inspector-General of Police K.R. Srinivasan, were present.

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