IMC awards Mumbai Police for outstanding work in public service

New Delhi, March 21

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IMC) organized the ‘IMC Awards for Mumbai Police Personnel for Outstanding Public Service 2024-25’ in recognition of  their outstanding services rendered to the city at the IMC Headquarters in Churchgate, Mumbai. 

The awards were conferred to 115 policemen, including three women police officers, from the 
Mumbai Police Force at the hands of Vivek Phansalkar, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai for their selfless and courageous deeds while on line of duty. 

The awards were given in 11 categories such as Best detection of crime, Best conviction of crime, Best recovery of property involved crime, courageous acts to safeguard human lives, outstanding work done to curb narcotic drug menace, Best investigation for cyber-crime, outstanding work done by traffic department among other categories.
 

Also present were Deven Bharti, Special Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, Sanjaya Mariwala, President, IMC, Ram Gandhi, Chairman, IMC Centenary Trust and Governor, IMC, Sunita Ramnathkar, Vice President, IMC, Ajit Mangrulkar, Director General, IMC along with prominent dignitaries from the Chamber at the awards. The awardees were presented trophies and citation for recognition of their hardwork and handed over a cheque of INR 1 lakh each.

The award was instituted in the year 2016 in consultation with the then Mumbai CP Dattatray D. Padsalgikar.

The process of inviting nominations and shortlisting was done by the officer designated by the  police commissioner and for final selection process from shortlisted nominations for each 
category is jointly done by IMC and designated officer.

Vivek Phansalkar, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai appealed to all the citizens in his 
address at the event to be aware of the cyber criminals around and requested everyone to follow certain guidelines to prevent cyber-crimes. 

He highlighted that Mumbai Police ranks almost #1 in the country for the 1930 project for reporting and solving financial cybercrimes. The project is one of its kind in the country and has helped to curb the cyber-crime menace in the city. 

The Mumbai Police Force successfully reversed and recovered 207 crore rupees fromfinancial frauds reported in the last year which were lost by the citizens. He also mentioned about the Mumbai Police’s tie up with banks to curb financial frauds and cyber-crimes. 
 

He further requested all the citizens to be more vigilant especially with the youth in the family 
falling prey to cyber frauds and prevent falling victim to cyber-crimes. He also mentioned that 
Mumbai is one of the safest city for women and added that the Mumbai Police Force has 
deputed a larger task force in the city working selflessly for the citizen’s safety. 

On the occasion, Sanjaya Mariwala, President, IMC said, “The nominations received for the 
awards were of outstanding quality, each telling a compelling story of exceptional service, 
dedication, and duty. They highlighted the many ways in which Mumbai Police officers go above 
and beyond to serve, protect, and engage with the community. As a dedicated Chamber, IMC 
has initiated these awards to honor and recognize the courageous acts of these real-life heroes.”
 

The following policemen and policewomen were presented the awards:

Best Detection of Crime
Rohit Chandrakant Khot, Sr. Police Inspector and team.

Best Conviction of Crime
Deepak Phatangare, ACP (Retd) and Laxmikant Salunkhe, Police Inspector and 
team. 

Best Recovery of Property involved in Crime
Jagdish Kulkarni, Sr. Police Inspector and team and Sachin Bhosle, Police Constable.

Making Supreme while performing duty
Balaso Mhalappa Dhage, Police Constable

Most courageous act to safe guard human lives and property to maintain law and order while on duty or otherwise.
Balbhim Ashok Nanaware, API

Outstanding Work done by Traffic department
Mohan Krushna Pawar, Police Constable 

Outstanding work done to curb narcotic drug menace under NDPS Act
Atmaji Sawant, Police Inspector and team 
 

Best investigation to crack a complex cybercrime
Kiran Jadhav, Police Inspector and team 

Help provided to women & juvenile victims and best investigation

Vaibhav Kantinath Shingare, Senior Police Inspector and team

Innovative Work for improving the delivery system or for better homeland security
Prashant Kashinath Marde, ACP and team

Innovative work for better cyber security
Mangesh Devram Bhor, Police Sub Inspector and team