The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday “forfeited” the Sher-e-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry awarded to Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh, who has been arrested for helping terrorists travel out of Jammu and Kashmir, an official order said. It said the suspended officer’s act amounted to disloyalty and brought the force into disrepute. According to the order, Mr. Singh had been awarded Jammu and Kashmir’s highest police award in 2018. Police had arrested Mr. Singh, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, at Mir Bazar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday, along with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists Naveed Baba and Altaf, besides a lawyer who was operating as an overground worker for terror outfits. Two pistols, an AK rifle and a large quantity of ammunition were seized from his residence, they had said.

Source: The Hindu January 16, 2020 02:04 UTC