Rajasthan
'Home Minister's Excellence Medal for Investigation' 2021
- 13 Aug 2021
- 2 min read
Why in News
- On August 12, 2021, nine policemen of the state, including Additional Superintendent of Police Ananth Kumar, Udaipur, Rajasthan, have been given 'Home Minister's Excellence in Investigation Post' for the year 2021.
Key Points
- The medal was instituted in the year 2018, with the objective of encouraging high professional standards in the investigation of crimes and to recognize the hard work of investigating officers who make excellent investigations.
- Ananth Kumar, who received the 'Home Minister's Investigation Excellence Medal', was the investigating officer of Rajasthan ATS in the case of investigating terrorist activities of Indian Mujahideen in Rajasthan. On the information of Delhi ATS, Rajasthan ATS started investigation of these terrorists by registering FIR on March 28, 2014.
- Ananth Kumar and his team conducted an excellent investigation keeping in mind the high professional standards and succeeded in apprehending those 12 terrorists. In this case, those 12 terrorists were sentenced to life imprisonment and fine.
- Additional Superintendent of Police Ananth Kumar along with Deputy SP Suresh Sharma, Inspector Anil Doria, Inspector Dinesh Lakhawat, Inspector Darjya Ram, Inspector Ashok Anjana, DCP Dharmendra Singh, Inspector Arun Kumar, Head Constable Bhavani Singh were also awarded Home Minister's Investigation Excellence Medal 2021.
