NHRC, India Inspector, Shri Balveer Singh Shekhawat awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Services

Press release

National Human Rights Commission

New Delhi: 20th August, 2024

NHRC, India Inspector, Shri Balveer Singh Shekhawat awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Services

Shri Balveer Singh Shekhawat, Inspector, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has been chosen for the award of a Police Medal for Meritorious Services on the occasion of Independence Day on 15th August, 2024. He is posted in the Investigation Division of the NHRC, India since 21st May, 2020 as an Inspector on deputation from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which he joined as a Sub-Inspector in 1995.

Shri Shekhawat has been part of various spot enquiry teams of the NHRC including among others, post-poll violence in West Bengal, the Hooch tragedy in Saran district, Bihar and custodial death in Jail at Bokaro district of Jharkhand. He has received appreciation on several occasions for his dedication and quality work in the conduct of spot enquiries as well as for the analysis of the case files of human rights violations in the Commission. Besides this, Shri Shekhawat also contributed during various national and international human rights events of the NHRC.

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