India, Jan. 28 -- Ram Gopal Garg, a 2007-batch IPS officer currently serving as the inspector general of police (IGP) in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, has been conferred the Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of Republic Day.

A native of Bathinda, Garg is recognised for his expertise in integrating technology into modern policing. His notable contributions include the development and implementation of the Sashakt and Trinayan mobile applications, both of which have been instrumental in crime prevention and detection.

Garg's innovative approach also earned him the first prize in the Prime Minister's Silver Cup Case Study competition, where he demonstrated the effective use of gait pattern analysis to solve a complex bank daco...