A CBI officer involved in probes against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Neera Yadav and former Telecom Minister Sukhram is among 28 officers of the agency who have been awarded distinguished and meritorious service medals on the occasion of Republic Day.

Rishi Prakash, Superintendent of Police posted at Special Crime Unit who probed cases against influential bureaucrats and politicians like Neera Yadav and Sukhram, both convicted by the respective courts, has been awarded this year's police medal for meritorious service.

The officers who got President's Police Medal for distinguished services are SP L M Manjhi, Bhillai, Additional SPs D S Dagar, Delhi and V N Ashok Kumar, Chennai, Deputy SP S K Tripathi, Kolkata and Inspector Dilip Chakraborty, Kolkata, an agency spokesperson said here.

IPS officers who won police medal for meritorious service include DIGs Amitabh Singh Dhillon and Velusamy Murugesan posted here and Selvaraj Sengathir posted at Chennai.

Other officers who have been awarded the medal include Additional SPs Roy Alexander and Ajaib Singh, Deputy SPs V S Rana, Kollan Bhattacharya, Yogesh Kumar Sharma and Prasenjit Roy, Inspectors Dayanand Sharma, Surendra Rai and Prema Logan, Sub-Inspectors Mahesh Kumar Kalia, Kalidas Mafatbhai Chauhan, and Farid Kasim, Assistant Sub-inspectors Ashok Kumar Chatterjee, Rajesh Singh and Puran Chand, Head Constables P P Thomas and Krishan Pal Singh and Constable Vijay Goswami.