LUCKNOW, Jan. 26 -- As many as 33 police and fire personnel from Uttar Pradesh were awarded the President's Gallantry Medals on the eve of the Republic Day, confirmed senior home department officials here.

Among the awardees are three Indian Police Service (IPS) and two Provincial Police Service (PPS) officers. The list also includes 17 other police personnel and 16 fire services personnel.

The list includes the names of 2017 batch IPS officer Nipun Agarwal, who is presently posted as the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) of Lucknow South, and Ghaziabad assistant commissioner of police (ACP)-Indira Puram Swatantra Kumar Singh, who is a 2012 batch PPS officer. These two officers had gunned down two alleged hardcore criminals Billu Duja...