Bhubaneswar: A total of 942 personnel of Police, Fire, Home Guard and Civil Defence and Correctional services have been awarded Gallantry and Service Medals for the occasion of Republic Day, 2025. Among them are 19 personnels from Odisha.Leading firemen Brahmarbara Sethi will receive the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service from Odisha. Similarly, Prashant Kumar Sahu, Biswarajan, Abhimanyu Pradhan and Narendra Kumar Bhalla will receive the Medal for Meritorious Services from Odisha.The Home Ministry confers these awards to Police, Fire and Homeguards. As many as 95 Gallantry awards will be given, 101 President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) and 746 Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM) will be given.Among the 19 Odias, President’s Gallantry award was given to 6 Police for their bravery, 2 will get PSM and 11 will get MSM.
President’s Gallantry award
- ASI Girish Chandra Majhi
- Habildar Pabitra Kumar Sahu
- Habildar Umesh Munda
- Constable Pitambar Satnami
- Constable Kabi Chandra Rout
- Constable Susant Kumar Sahu
President’s Medal for distinguished service
- SP Saroj Kumar Samal
- Constable Satyabadi Mallick
Medal for Meritorious Service
- Constable Paritosh Mandal
- SI Sheikh Abdil Fayaj
- Constable Mohammad Toshif Rabina
- ASI Sarat Chandra Behera
- Constable Trilochan Buddhia
- ASI Tejbahadur Gurujan
- Constable Atul Kumar Biswal
- Habildar Jayanti Suna
- Habildar Manoj Kumar Jena
- Constable Naresh Choudhary
- Constable Debi Prasad Mohanty
PSM will be conferred on Pramod Kumar Rout and Soubhagya Pradhan for Homeguard and Civil Defence. Sanjeeb Nayak will get the MSM. Kuanr Marandi and Suchitra Das will receive Correctional Service Medal.
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