30 CBI Officials Awarded Police Medals On Independence Day Eve

CBI Joint Director Manoj Sashidhar is among the 30 agency personnel who have been awarded service medals by the President.

CBI Joint Director Manoj Sashidhar who is heading the probe into the bank fraud case involving Vijay Mallya and several other high-profile investigations is among the 30 agency personnel who have been awarded service medals by the President on the occasion of Independence Day, officials said on Saturday. The awards were announced on the eve of 75th Independence Day. Mr Sashidhar, a 1994-batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre who is also supervising investigations into the AgustaWestland case, Sushant Singh Rajput death case and the corruption allegations against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, has been awarded the President''s Police Medal for Distinguished Service. He is also heading the probe into the bribery of Rs 1 crore which is the biggest in the history of the CBI in terms of amount seized. Before joining the premier investigation agency, Mr Sashidhar was Police Commissioner of Surat and headed crucial departments such as the Gujarat Crime Branch, Anti-Terror Squad, police manual revision committee of the state among other important assignments, they said.