Presidents Police medal awarded to CBI officer who led RG Kar rape case investigation

The senior Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer overseeing the high-profile probe into the brutal rape and murder at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College has been selected for this year's President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu to confer prestigious awards on Republic Day to 31 CBI officers, including Joint Director V Chandrasekhar, as per government notification.

A 2000-batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer, V Chandrasekhar, oversaw the high-profile RG Kar case probe after it was handed to the CBI amid massive public outrage over Kolkata Police's initial mishandling.