Sensing a ‘possible drone strike’, Assistant Superintendent of Police Imranul Islam, assistant director of the Special Security Force (SSF), swung into action.
The government recently awarded the ASP with the President’s Police Medal (PPM-Service) for detecting the presence of an unknown drone. The SSF is a law enforcement agency that provides security to the President, Prime Minister and persons designated as VIPs by the state.
Imranul Islam is still working with SSF. In the citation printed in the Police Book published in Police Week-2023, the incident has been cited as the reason behind Imranul’s PPM award.
After this the matter came to notice. Police officials said the matter was not made public earlier due to the sensitivity of the issue of security for a VIP like the President of India.
A general diary was lodged at Ramna police station for spotting and neutralizing the drone.