DG Prashant Kumar, DIG Manzil Saini to get President’s Medal for gallantry

Meerut police in a joint operation with their Delhi counterparts rescued Dr Srikant Goud from the kidnappers on July 19, 2017.

A Bihar native, Kumar was the Additional Director General (Meerut zone) when the kidnappers were arrested and the doctor was rescued. At the same time, 2005-batch IPS officer Manzil Saini was then Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police.

This is the fourth medal that Prashant Kumar, a 1990-batch IPS officer, will receive from the President. He had received the President’s Police Medal for bravery in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Besides them, seven police officers will be conferred with the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service and 74 officers with meritorious service medals.

Of the seven police personnel who will receive the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service are five Additional Director General-rank officers — Sujeet Pandey, Dr KS Pratap Kumar, Piyush Mordia and Bhagwan Swaroop Srivastava.

Among the 74 police personnel who will be given meritorious service medals are two Inspector General-rank officers — Akhilesh Kumar Meena and Deepak Kumar.

Moreover, 744 other police personnel will be awarded by the UP Director General of Police for their meritorious and distinguished services.