Uttarakhand

• 17 Aug 2023

SI Bhagwan Singh of Uttarakhand got Union Home Minister's Medal

Why is News?

On August 15, 2023, on the occasion of Independence Day, the Sub-Inspector of Uttarakhand Police Bhagwan Singh Mehar was awarded the Union Home Minister's Medal for awarding the death penalty to honour killings.

Key Points:

• He was given this medal in the Medal for Excellence in Investigation category of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
• It is known that on May 18, 2018, two real brothers Kuldeep & Arun and cousin Rahul had brutally murdered their sister Preeti by cutting them with an axe & shovel after going against their relatives in Khanpur, Haridwar.
• In this regard, on the Tahrir of Brijmohan, the husband of the deceased, an indictment was registered in the police station Khanpur, which was discussed by the sub-inspector Bhagwan Singh Mahar, who was then posted as the head of the police station, Khanpur.
• Sub-Inspector Bhagwan Singh Mahar, while discussing at a quick pace, the charge sheet against the accused was sent to the Hon'ble Court on August 13, 2018.
• On the basis of the evidence collected by them, the witnesses presented on time, scientific evidence and solid pleading, the accused Kuldeep, Arun and Rahul were sentenced to death by the Honorable Additional Sessions Judge, Laksar, Haridwar for the crime of the rarest of the rare category of section 302 Bhadvi and was punished with a fine.