Police medals for CBI officers who led Saradha, 2G probes

NEW DELHI: The CBI officers who investigated the

Saradha

ponzi scam and the 2G telecom spectrum allocation scam have been awarded prestigious police medals on the eve of Independence Day. Joint director Pankaj Kumar Srivastava, posted as joint director, Kolkata has been heading the probe in the Saradha scam while Vivek Priyadarshi, AIG (Policy), who led the probe into the 2G case, have been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service.


Apart from them, the President’s Police Medal were awarded to superintendent of police Prashant Kumar Pande, ASP Ravi Gambhir, inspectors Sanjay Kumar and Bailur Satish Prabhu, sub-inspector Amar Singh, assistant sub-inspector Kusum Pal Singh and head constable Krishan Pal Singh, a CBI spokesperson said.

Officers given the Police Medal for Meritorious Service include ASPs Satish Chander Dandriyal and Ranjan Kumar Sethy, DSPs Indumohan Singh Negi, Mukesh Sharma, Himanshu Bahuguna, Rajender Singh Gunjiyal, inspectors Sambhaji Nivruttii Murkute, Sushil Goel, S Sreemathi and Pawan Kumar Kaushik, and sub-inspector Rathin Kumar Das, a statement from the CBI said.

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