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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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President approves Gallantry Medal for former cop who killed 2 dacoits in 2003

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that approval has been granted for conferring the prestigious President's Medal for Gallantry on a former police officer who shot dead two dacoits during an operation in 2003.

The apex court had in July expressed its displeasure over the Centre's non-compliance with a Madhya Pradesh High Court direction to confer the award on former police officer Vivek Singh Chouhan.

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