Dehradun, Feb. 3 -- Police driver Naresh Joshi, posted in Udham Singh Nagar, who showed his indomitable courage in saving 25 lives without caring for his own life, will be honoured with the "Jeevan Raksha Medal" 2023 by the President of India.

This was announced today by Director General of Police Abhinav Kumar who congratulated Naresh Joshi for the honour. Kumar also noted that Joshi had brought glory to the Uttarakhand Police Department across the country, for his indomitable courage and risking his own life to save 25 others.

It may be recalled that, on the morning of 30 August, 2022, at 5 a.m., a police team reached the spot on receiving information about leakage of ammonia from a cylinder in the scrap warehouse at Transit Camp, Aza...