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New Delhi, September 8
The Central Bureua of Investigation held a first ever ceremony of International Day of Police Cooperation and the Investiture Ceremony on September 7 to mark the International Day of Police Cooperation and presented prestigious medlas to 35 CBI officers across the country.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh was the chief guest of the event.
Jitendra Singh said, "Over 1.8 billion US Dollar worth assets have been recovered from economic offenders and fugitives in the last about four years, after Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi brought in the Economic Offenders Act, while the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has helped in attaching the assets of offenders worth more than 12 billion US Dollars since 2014".
"There has been a quantum jump in extradition of criminals and fugitives in recent years especially after India hosted 90th Interpol General Assembly in October 2022 at Delhi, which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. He said, while this year so far 19 criminals/fugitives have returned to India, in the previous years, on an average around 10 criminals/fugitives have returned to India with 27 returning in 2022 and 18 in 2021", he added.
Speaking about the enactment of the Economic Offenders Act in 2018, Dr. Jitendra Singh said, Modi Government is aggressively pursuing economic offenders and informed about the recovery and attachment of huge assets from economic offenders and fugitives and money launderers.
Singh further said, it is unique providential co-incidence that G20 Summit is happening tomorrow and the Ministry of Personnel has already deliberated the Anti-Corruption Working Group Meets in Gurugram, Rishikesh and Kolkata and there is forward movement in areas like action-oriented High-Level Principles on three priority areas, namely, law enforcement cooperation through information sharing, strengthening asset recovery mechanisms, and enhancing the integrity and effectiveness of anti-corruption authorities.
The Minister was informed that a special theme of the inaugural International Day of Police Cooperation is the recognition of the vital importance of women in policing. INTERPOL is observing its Centenary year in 2023 and is the world's largest police organization with 195 member countries.
Singh recalled that it was Prime Minister Modi, who presented a nine-point agenda for action against Fugitive Economic Offenders and Asset Recovery at the G-20 Summit in 2018 and expressed happiness that decisive steps are being taken by the working group.
The United Nations General Assembly on 16th December, 2022 adopted a historic resolution to designate 7th September as the International Day of Police Cooperation, to be observed starting in 2023. The resolution emphasizes ‘the need to strengthen international cooperation at the global, regional and sub-regional levels in various areas related to preventing and combating transnational crime, in particular transnational organized crime, and preventing and countering terrorism.’ The selected date for annual observance on 7th September, coincides with the date when INTERPOL’s predecessor the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) was created in 1923.
Dr Jitendra Singh added, "Needless to say that the basic principles in fighting crime will never change and stronger international police cooperation in the proposed framework will ensure that police all around the world are connected”. This needs to be a guiding principle when we confront the challenges of fighting crime and security challenges in the 21st Century".
CBI Director Praveen Sood while congratulating the medal winners on the occasion, said that today’s event assumes significant as it is being organized on first-ever International Day for Police Cooperation. He underscored the importance of keeping pace with police cooperation across global jurisdictions.
Sood stated that two important Sessions on “Leveraging Interpol’s Operation Capabilities” & “Utilization of MHA Portal for International Mutual Legal Assistance” are being held as part of 9th Interpol Liaison Officers Conference on the occasion of International Day of Police Cooperation.
The President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service was presented to G. Satyanarayana, ASI, ACB, Hyderabad(now retired).
The Police Medal for Meritorious Service was presented to 34 officers/officials, namely Tarun Gauba, IPS, DIG, ACB, CBI, Chandigarh(now repatriated to his parent cadre); Aruna Mohan, OS, ACB, CBI, Bangalore(now retired); Binay Kumar, SP, SC-I, CBI, New Delhi(now retired); Mukesh Verma, DSP, CBI(HQ) New Delhi; Barun Kumar Sarkar, DSP, SU, CBI, Kolkata (now ASP); Bhaiya Ranjay Kumar Singh, Constable, SU, CBI, New Delhi (now HC); Manish Viresh Surti, SP, AC-IV, CBI, Bhopal (now Senior SP, ACB, Bhubaneswar); Prasanna Kumar Panigrahi, SP, ACB, CBI, Dehradun(now retired); Prahlad Kishore Jha, ASP, ACB, CBI, Dhanbad (now SP); Richhpal Singh, ASP, ACB, CBI, Jaipur; Rama Raman Tripathi, DSP, AC-II, CBI, New Delhi (now ASP, SCB, Lucknow); Devraj Vakkada, DSP, ACB, CBI, Cochin (now ASP); Rajender Singh Gosain, Inspector, ACB, CBI, Mumbai(now DSP, ACB, CBI, Srinagar); Ravinder Kush, DSP, SCB, CBI, Chandigarh (now ASP); Harjeet Singh Sachan, DSP, SCB, CBI, Lucknow; Manber Singh Patwal, Head Constable, ACB, CBI, Dehradun (now retired); Kuntal Chattopadhyay, Constable, SU,CBI, Kolkata (now HC); Akhilesh Kumar Singh, IPS, DIG, SCB, CBI, Kolkata(now repatriated to his parent cadre); Arvind Kumar Upadhyay, ASP, AC-I, CBI, New Delhi; Sanjay Kumar Gautam, DSP, CBI Academy, Ghaziabad(now in SC-III, Delhi); Vikash Kumar Pathak, DSP, ACB, CBI, Dhanbad; Alok Kumar Shahi, DSP, ACB, CBI, New Delhi; Subramanyam Devendran, Additional Legal Advisor, AC-I, CBI, New Delhi(now retired); Amit Kumar, Inspector, ACB, CBI, Patna; Rakesh Ranjan, Inspector, ACB, CBI, Bangalore; Dharminder Singh, ASI, AC-II, CBI, New Delhi(now SI, BSFB, Delhi); Chander Pal, Head Constable, STB, CBI, New Delhi(now retired); Loganathan Rengasamy, Head Constable, SCB, CBI, Chennai(now in ACB, Chennai); K V Jagannath Reddy, Head Constable, ACB, CBI, Bangalore(now in ACB, Hyderabad); Harbhan Singh, Head Constable, CBI Academy, Ghaziabad; Mahesh Madhavrao Gajarlwar, Head Constable, ACB, CBI, Mumbai; R. Jaisankar, Constable, SU, CBI, Chennai (now HC); Smt. Kaushliya Devi, Constable, ACB, CBI, Jaipur & Om Prakash Naithani, Office Supdt. CBI (HQ), New Delhi.
