The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has awarded four police officers of Assam with Excellence in Investigation Award for 2020.
The awardees are- DIG Devojyoti Mukherjee, Superintendent of Police Rosie Kalita, Inspector Rustam Raj Brahma and Sub-Inspector (UB) Abhishek Bodo.
A total of 121 Police personnel from across the country have been awarded for maintaining high professional standards in crime investigation.
This medal was constituted in 2018 with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognize such Excellence in Investigation by investigating officers.
Among the personnel receiving these awards, 15 are from CBI, 10 each are from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, 8 are from Uttar Pradesh Police, 7 each are from Kerala and West Bengal Police, and the remaining from the other States/UTs.
These include twenty-one (21) women police officers.