Chandigarh: Inspector Reena Yadav conferred UN medal

Other women officers who were conferred the UN medal are Gopika Jahagirdar, DSP, Maharashtra Police; Bharati Samantray, DSP in the MHA; Ragini Kumari, Inspector in the MHA; and Kamal Shekhawat, ASP, Rajasthan Police.

The Indian women police officers received the UN medal at a medal parade in the United Nations Mission in Juba, South Sudan, on Tuesday, a Home Ministry official said. The women officers were honoured by the UN for upholding the UN mandate of protection of civilians in conflict-ridden South Sudan. The women officers are engaged in community policing, administrative, operational duties and capacity-building of the local authorities.