Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Special Branch Thrissur Range SP Amos Mammen has been selected for the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service. As many as 10 police officers from Kerala have also been selected for the President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service.
They are: P Prakash (IG, Intelligence), Anup Kuruvila John (IG Director, Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi), KK Moideen Kutty (SP, Crime Branch, Kozhikode & Wayanad), S Shamsudheen (DySP, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Palakkad), GL Ajith Kumar (DySP, State Special Branch, Thiruvananthapuram City Detachment), KV Pramodan (Inspector, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Kannur), PR Rajendran (SI, Kerala Police Academy), CPK Bijulal (Grade SI, State Special Branch, Kannur), K Muralidharan Nair (Grade SI, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau SIU-2) and Aparna Lavakumar (Grade ASI, Cyber Crime Police Station, Thrissur City).
Other award winners
CRPF
Suresh Kumar, Second in Command, Range Chennai, Avadi, Tamil Nadu
R Krishnamurthy, Sub Inspector, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh
K Anilkumar, SI, Ranchi
Ministry of Home Affairs
P Karunakaran, Deputy Director, New Delhi
K Suresh Kumar, ACIO, Thiruvananthapuram
Fire and Safety Medals
Krishnan Shanmukhan, Senior Fire and Rescue Officer
Benny Mathew, Senior Fire and Rescue Officer
Noushad Muhammad Haneefa, Director, Technical
S Rajesh Kumar Nair, Senior Fire and Rescue Officer
KB Subhash, Senior Fire and Rescue Officer