The West Bengal state government is set to grant the CM’s Medal for outstanding service to Kolkata’s top cop Soumen Mitra. Many other officers like Additional Director General (Correctional Services) Peeyush Pandey, Inspector General (North Bengal) Devendra Prakash Singh are on the list of awardees.
Mitra, a 1988 batch IPS officer, is currently serving his second stint as Kolkata’s police chief.
Meanwhile, seven IPS officers will be awarded in the category of commendable service. They are CID Inspector General Anand Kumar, Kolkata Police Joint Commissioner Syed Waquar Raza, Coochbehar Superintendent of Police (SP) Sumit Kumar, Sundarban SP Bhaskar Mukherjee, Purba Medinipur SP Amarnath K, Paschim Medinipur SP Dinesh Kumar, and Kolkata Police Special Task Force’s (STF) Deputy Commissioner Aparajita Rai.
