7 President’s Police Gallantry Medals all awarded to Gadchiroli Police

The officers and personnel responded to this cowardly attack with great courage and composure.

The recipients of the Police Gallantry Medal from the Gadchiroli Police force in 2025 are assistant police inspector Netaji Sukhdev Bandgar, police sub-inspector Manohar Kotla Mahaka, police head constable Manohar Lachma Pendam, constables Prakash Ishwar Kannake, Atul Satyanarayan Yegolpawar, Hidayat Sadulla Khan and martyr police constable Suresh Lingaji Telami (posthumously).

In 2017, a C-60 team was returning to Bhamragad from Kothi in an MPV vehicle when Maoists detonated a landmine and attacked the police team. The officers and personnel responded to this cowardly attack with great courage and composure, Gadchiroli Police said. They protected the injured and trapped police personnel and themselves while returning fire against the intense Maoist assault. The President’s Police Gallantry Medal has been announced in recognition of the bravery displayed by these officers and personnel during this landmine blast.

The Superintendent of Police Neelotpal commended the recipients of the President’s Police Gallantry Medal on behalf of the Gadchiroli Police force and extended his best wishes for their future service.

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