Chandigarh, Jan. 26 -- Three Punjab IPS officers have been awarded the President's Medal for Distinguished Service on the eve of the 77th Republic Day.

The officers are additional director general of police (Investigation Lokpal) Vibhu Raj, Director Bureau of Investigation LK Yadav, and ADGP (jails) Arun Pal Singh.

Similarly, 15 officials, including an IPS officer, have been awarded the Medal for Meritorious Service.

The officers are DIG (Security) Raj Bhawan Jasdev Singh Sidhu, AIG (SSG) Randeep Singh Mann, DSP (AGTF) Rajan Parminder Singh, DSP (Vigilance Bureau) Navdeep Singh, ACP (PBI), Amritsar, Sapinder Kaur and DSP (SPU) Harinderdeep Singh, inspector Sukhjit Singh, inspector Harish Kumar, inspector Manjit Kaur, inspector Talwinde...