20 police officers including IPS Himanshu Lal, Sahfeen Ahmed to get the Governor’s Medal for 2023
Bhadrak: In a tragic incident, three bikers were killed after being hit by a speeding truck near Ranital on NH-16 in Bhadrak district on Sunday afternoon. One of the deceased has been identified as Sankur Pradhan of Puruna hata under Tihidi police limits of Bhadrak district, while the identity of two others has not been ascertained yet. Reports say, the three youths were enroute Markona from Bhadrak on the motorcycle, when a speeding truck hit motorcyclists from behind near Hi-Tech College at Ranital in Bhadrak. Following which one died at the spot and two others sustained critical injuries. The driver have fled from the spot after the accident. The Bhadrak police along with fire personnel reached the spot and immediately rescued the injured ones to the Bhadrak District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), where two were declared dead. Later, the police have launched a hunt to the nab the accused driver.Bhubaneswar: On the eve of 75th Republic Day, 20 police officers have been selected to get the Governor’s Medal for 2023. The awards have been categorised under following order: Category-I Himanshu Kumar Lal, IPS, IGP, ER, Balasore and Shefeen Ahamed K, IGP, CID, CB, Cuttack Category-II Jagmohan Meena, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Ganjam Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Sambalpur Category-III Udayabhanu Mishra, OPS-I, Addl SP, BBSR Manas Ranjan Garnaik, OPS, ACP, UPD, BBSR Category-IV Ms Anila Anand, Inspector of police, CID, CB, Odisha, Cuttack Sabyasachi Malla, Inspector of police, Pattapur, Ganjam Hemamalini Nayak, Inspector of police, Vigilance, Sambalpur division Category-V Dilip Nayak, SI of police (Armed) OSAP, 4th battalion, Rourkela Jugal Charan Swain, SI of police, UPD, BBSR Sanjaya Pattanayak, SI, Vigilance Sambalpur division. Category-VI Bikash Patra, ASI of police(Communication), Odisha police, Cuttack Prajapati Meher, ASI, Spl Branch, Odisha BBSR Prasanta Kumar Biswal, Driver Hav, Puri Category-VII Ramesh Sahu, Constable, Kalahandi Sanatan Sahoo, Constable, Vigilance Directorate, Cuttack Naresh Kumar Choudhury, Constable, Jharsuguda Biswakarma Munda, Sepoy/499 OSAP, 4th battalion, Rourkela Kedar Nath Mishra, Sepoy SW, Spl branch, BBSR