DG (LO) Kumar and Saini get gallantry medals

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh police has been awarded two medals for gallantry, seven President’s medals for distinguished services and 74 medals for meritorious service on Republic Day this year.The coveted gallantry medal was awarded to director general, law and order, Prashant Kumar during his stint as additional DG, Meerut zone and then SSP, Meerut, Manzil Saini, who is currently on a deputation with the National Security Guard (NSG) in Delhi. Both the officers were involved in supervision and subsequent rescue of a Delhi doctor Shrikant Goud in July 2017 who was kidnapped by an Ola driver and held captive for 14 days in Meerut for Rs 5 crore ransom.tnn