Port Blair, Aug. 16: Shri Ram Kumar Verma, IPS, Superintendent of Police (Anti-Corruption) has been awarded the coveted President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of Independence Day, 2012. Shri Ram Kumar Verma, IPS has won this prestigious medal for rendering commendable service to the nation in his 27 year long career in Police.

Shri. Ram Kumar Verma, IPS, joined Delhi Police as an Asstt. Commissioner of Police during the year 1985 and worked in various capacities in Delhi Police and solved many sensational cases including in nabbing of dreaded JKLF activist as ACP/ Model Town. He also busted a racket of cheats at UK/US/Canada Embassies in which the organized crime by various cheats was going on and they were charging the amount more than twice/thrice on drafts to be supplied to various visa seekers coming from various parts of the country. As ACP/Special Branch he remained instrumental in detecting the Pakistani Nationals who were overstaying clandestinely in the Capital. On promotion in the year 2000 he worked as Additional DCP, North West and South West (Dist) and also he was deputed to UN Mission for Peace Keeping in Kosovo for a period of one year and his work was appreciated.

Before joining A&N Police force the officer had rendered his service as DCP/Supreme Court Security and looking after the security of Supreme Court of India very efficiently.

Shri Ram Kumar Verma, IPS has joined in A&N Police on 01.12.2010 and he has been assigned the charges of Superintendent of Police (Anti-Corruption/CID/North & Middle Andaman (Dist)/Commandant, IRBn/Home Guard, Principal/PTS, Police Motor Transport, Communication and Headquarters). On 21/06/2011, under his supervision a raid was conducted and seizure of huge quantity of illegal Explosives was carried out and a case under explosive Act was registered. Moreover, being the capacity of

Principal, Police Training School, under his supervision, 379 recruits constable of the A&N Police has passed out from the police training School. It is pertinent to mention that this particular batch had the highest number of recruits in the history of A&N Police Training School.