14 policemen get award for ‘glorious’ safety throughout PM Modi’s Punjab go to regardless of fiasco

By ANI

CHANDIGARH: Having confronted flaks over the Ferozepur safety breach, the Punjab police have awarded ‘DGP’s Commendation Disc’ to 14 police personnel for making certain safety preparations with none lapses throughout the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Jalandhar throughout the not too long ago concluded Assembly elections.

The Punjab police had confronted flaks following the safety breach in Prime Minister’s Ferozepur go to in January this yr. PM Modi’s go to to Jalandhar on February 14 for an election rally throughout the Assembly polls was his first programme in Punjab after the Ferozepur safety breach on January 5.

A complete of 14 police personnel have been offered with the award as per an order by Punjab DGP VK Bhawra issued on March 26.

The officers, who’ve been awarded the DGP’s Commendation Disc, embrace Hoshiarpur SSP Dhruman Harshadray Nimbale, Kapurthala SSP Dayama Harish Omprakash, Commandant seventh Battalion Rajpal Singh Sandhu, Commandant twenty seventh Batallion Opinderjit Singh Ghuman, Jalandhar (Rural) SSP Satinder Singh, AIG Gurmeet Singh and Commandant eightieth Batallion Jagmohan Singh.

Besides, AIG Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh, DCP Jalandhar Jaskitranjit Singh Teja, AIG Rajeshwar Singh Sidhu, Manjeet Singh Dhesi, ADCP Jalandhar Suhail Qasim Mir, DSP Rakesh Yadav and Inspector Vivek Chandar have additionally been awarded the ‘DGP’s Commendation Disc’.

In January this yr, the Prime Minister was scheduled to go to Ferozepur to put the muse stone of a number of growth tasks price greater than Rs 42,750 crore.

The Prime Minister’s convoy throughout his go to to National Martyrs Memorial in Punjab by way of street reached a flyover the place the street was blocked by protestors. The Prime Minister was caught on the flyover for 15-20 minutes. This was a significant lapse within the safety of the Prime Minister.