AS MANY as 151 police personnel, including 28 women officers, from across the country were selected for the ‘Union Home Minister’s

Medal for Excellence in Investigation’ which was announced on Friday. The CBI’s top 15 personnel have been selected for the award, followed by 11 from Maharashtra Police, 10 each from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and eight each from Kerala, Rajasthan and West Bengal Police.

The CBI officers who probed the Justice SN Shukla corruption case, booked a retired railway officer in connection with Rs 50 lakh bribe, and arrested Navy officers in a corruption case, are among 15 personnel of the agency awarded the Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation, officials said. Among the winners of the prestigious medal is Deputy SP Surender Kumar Rohilla posted in AC-II wing of the agency, who booked former Allahabad High Court judge SN Shukla in a corruption case for allegedly favouring a private medical college. Rohilla was also part of the team which had probed the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Seven personnel from Bihar Police, six each from Gujarat, Karnataka and Delhi, and five each from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Narcotics Control Bureau were selected for the award. Four personnel each from Assam, Haryana and Odisha were also chosen. The ‘Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation’ was constituted in 2018 with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognise such excellence in probe.