Twenty policemen, including two additional directors-general, have been selected for awards by the Union ministry of home affairs on the eve of Independence Day.

While two ADG rank officers — K.S. Dwivedi (modernisation) and Ravinder Kumar (headquarters) — have been honoured with the President’s Police Medal for distinguished services, two sub-inspectors and 16 other officers have been selected for President’s Police Medal for gallantry and police medal for meritorious services, respectively. Inspectors-general A.K. Ambedkar and Paresh Saxena are among the 16 policemen who have been selected for police medal. Other recipients included DIGs Amit Kumar Jain, Pankaj Darad, Kamal Kishore Singh and Anil Kishore Yadav.

Two sub-inspectors — Pravendra Bharti and R.P. Verma — will be honoured with President’s Police Medal for gallantry for showing their exemplary courage. “This is perhaps the first occasion when such a large number of policemen of the state have been selected for the awards,” a senior police officer said.

Prison department director for industries (jail) B.C.P Singh became the first state prison department official who has been selected for the President’s Correctional Service Medal.