Police Awards: Maharastra Police: महाराष्ट्र पुलिस के राष्ट्रपति पुलिस पदक विजेताओं की सूची...

On the occasion of Republic Day, as many as nine policemen serving in various police establishments in Pune and one from Solapur have been nominated for the President’s Police Medal for distinguished service. Among them are additional director general of police and state CID chief Ashok Dhiware, deputy superintendent (DySP) Deepak Bhikoba Humbre, senior police inspectors Ganpat Vithoba Nikam, Manohar Joshi, inspectors Balraj Shivraj Lanjile, Dattatraya Dnyaoba Pawar, J S Pathan, sub-inspector Ramesh Vitthal Bhosale and assistant sub inspector Sitaram Babanrao Narke and DySP Milind Kalidas Patil from Solapur. Dhiware joined the Maharashtra Police Service as deputy superintendent in 1978. As inspector general (Nagpur range) he succeeded in collecting soft intelligence with the help of community policing Janjagran Abhiyan, which resulted in the arrest of 19 hardcore Naxalites, 116 associates and elimination of 26 Naxalites and surrendering of 40 Naxalties and 51 associates.

Humbre joined the state police as sub inspector in 1987. He is currently posted with the state CID, Pune. He has so far received 201 prizes and 29 certificates for crime detection and investigation skills. In his 25 years of service, he has also worked in Mumbai, Pune and Aurangabad and arrested notorious criminals like Jagdish Shankar Yadav, besides solving serious crimes. Nikam is currently attached to the special branch of Pune city police. He joined the police force in 1977 as a constable. He has so far received 258 prizes and 38 certificates for crime detection and investigation. Joshi is currently posted at Deccan Gymkhana police station of city police. He joined the police force in 1984 as sub inspector. He worked in different parts of the state and has so far received 305 rizes. Pune police commissioner Meeran Borwankar gave him a reward of Rs 2,500 for recording the conversation between Shiv Sena leaders Neelam Gorhe and Milind Narvekar, allegedly about causing violence in the city during the bandh called on December 28, 2010.