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Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Police medals for wife-husband duo serving at Thane Central Jail
Thane: Thane Central Jail superintendent Rani Bhosale and her husband Rajaram Bhosale, who is an additional superintendent at the same facility, are among the eight personnel from Maharashtra's prisons department whose names were announced on Thursday for police medals. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The Union government announced service medals for 1,090 police personnel of various central and state forces on the eve of Independence Day. The other six personnel from the state prison department who have been honoured are Mumbai Central Jail's deputy superintendent Gajanan Sarode, subedar Sanjay Shivgan, and havaldar Sudhakar Chavan; Byculla District Jail's constables Rajesh Sawant and Sanjay Jadhav; and Kolhapur Central Jail constable Vidya Dhembere. Seven Maharashtra police personnel will be awarded gallantry medals, three the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and 39 the Medal for Meritorious Service on Independence Day. The Police Medal for Gallantry will be given to assistant inspector Netaji Bandgar, assistant sub-inspector Manohar Mahaka, constables Manohar Pendam, Prakash Kannake, Atul Yegolpawar, Hidayat Khan as well as Suresh Telami, who was martyred in the encounter against Maoists at Hemalkasa-Karampalli Road in Gadchiroli. Joint commissioner of police (Traffic) of Mumbai Police Anil Kumbhar, joint commissioner of police of Nagpur City Navinchandra Reddy, and assistant commission-er of police Rajendrasingh Gaur have been awarded the President's Medal for Distinguished Service. The Medal for Meritorious Service has been conferred on deputy inspector general of police Pramodkumar Shewale; ACPs Dattatray Dhole, Sanjay Chandkhede, Shailendra Dhiwar, Jyoti Desai, Rajan Mane, Kailas Pundkar, and Narendra Hiware; inspectors Deepakkumar Waghmare, Ravindra Vani, and Satyawan Mashalkar, and sub-inspectors Sandeep Shinde, Sandeep More, and Joseph Dsilva among others.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Thane power couple: Independence Day honours celebrate decades of service; superintendent duo to receive President's Police Medal
In a recognition for a couple working in one of Maharashtra's toughest workplaces, a husband-and-wife duo from Thane Central Jail have been named among eight personnel from the state's prisons department to receive prestigious police medals. The announcement came on Thursday, when the Union government declared service medals for 1,090 police personnel from various central and state forces on the eve of Independence Day. An official said the Maharashtra list features Rani Bhosale, superintendent of Thane Central Jail, and her husband Rajaram Bhosale, an additional superintendent at the same facility. The couple has been awarded the President's Medal for Meritorious Service, in recognition of their decades-long dedication in the face of challenging environment of a prison. The other recipients from the state's prisons department include Gajanan Kashinath Sarode, Deputy Superintendent, Mumbai Central Jail; Sanjay Gangaram Shivgan, Subedar, Mumbai Central Jail; Sudhakar Omkar Chavan, Havaldar, Mumbai Central Jail; Rajesh Madhukar Sawant, Constable, Byculla District Jail; Sanjay Sadashiv Jadhav, Constable, Byculla District Jail; and Vidya Bharat Dhembere, Prison Constable, Kolhapur Central Jail. Additional Director General of Police (Prisons and Correction Services) Suhas Warke said, 'The integrity and devotion to duty of the awardees had set a benchmark for all in the department.' According to the Union Home Ministry, 233 personnel have been awarded the Medal for Gallantry (GM), 99 have received the President's Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) and 758 have been honoured with the Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM).
