Punjab DSP & His Team Awarded Gallantry Medal for Neutralising 2 Shooters of Singer Moosewala
GG News Bureau
Chandigarh, 26th Jan. Deputy Superintendent of Punjab Police, Bikramjit Singh Brar, and his team have been awarded the President’s gallantry medal for neutralizing two shooters involved in the murder of singer Sidhu Moosewala in 2022.
The gangsters, Manpreet Singh alias Mannu and Jagroop Singh alias Roopa, were neutralized in Amritsar on July 20, 2022.
Singer Sidhu Moosewala was killed in May 2022.
In addition to Brar, four other police officers – Sub-Inspector Rahul Sharma, Assistant sub-inspectors Jagjit Singh, Baljinder Singh, and Head Constable Surinderpal Singh – who were part of the five-member team, were also honored with the President’s gallantry medals on the eve of the 75th Republic Day.
Senior IPS officer Promod Ban, chief of the Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF), and Assistant Inspector General (Intelligence) Swarandeep Singh were selected for the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service.
DSP Dalbir Singh, ASI Malkeet Singh, and the late senior constable Mandeep Singh (posthumous) were also awarded gallantry medals.
Meanwhile, Jalandhar Rural Senior SP Mukhwinder Singh Bhullar, Commandant Jalandhar Mandeep Singh, and DSP SAS Nagar Gursher Singh are among 14 officers who were selected for the Chief Minister’s Medal for outstanding devotion to duty.
Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav, while congratulating the awardees, expressed gratitude to the Central and state governments for recognizing the services of these officers.
President Droupadi Murmu approved 80 gallantry awards, including six Kirti Chakra and 16 Shaurya Chakra, on the eve of the 75th Republic Day.
