SHO of Ambala Cantt Police Station to be decorated with 'Home Minister's Medal' | 31 Jul 2023

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On July 28, 2023, Haryana's Home and Health Minister Anil Vij decorated 'Home Minister's Medal' (Home Minister's Excellent Investigation Medal) to Naresh Kumar, SHO of Ambala Cantt Police Station, who caught heroin worth five crores in the past days in the direction of making the state drug-free.

Key Points:

• Along with the Home Minister's Medal, Inspector Naresh Kumar will also be given a reward of one lakh rupees and extension in service for six months.
• It is worth mentioning that Inspector Naresh Kumar had succeeded in arresting a drug smuggler along with one kilogram of heroin in Ambala Cantonment recently. The seized heroin is worth five crore rupees in the international market.
• Home Minister Anil Vij said that 30 awards were announced to honor the excellent work of policemen, out of which 10 awards are to be given by the Chief Minister, 10 by the Home Minister and 10 by the Director General of Police. The proposal for these awards was also passed in the cabinet meeting yesterday.
• The winners of the Chief Minister's Gallantry Medal and the Home Minister's Excellent Investigation Medal will receive a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh & Rs 1 lakh, respectively, a certificate & a scroll signed by the Chief Minister and the Home Minister. Medal winning policemen will get six months extension in service.
• Apart from this, the personnel who are awarded the Director General of Police Uttam Seva Medal will get a scroll & a certificate signed by the DGP and Rs 50,000.
• The maximum number of medals in each category will be 10, which means that a maximum of 30 policemen can be awarded.
• In case of withdrawal of the medal due to corruption and other cases, the benefit of service extension will not be given, but the cash award will not be withdrawn.