490 police personnel get Home Minister's medals; CRPF wins 115 for anti-Naxal ops

A total of 490 police personnel received the Union Home Minister's efficiency medal on Ekta Diwas, with anti-Naxal fighters featuring prominently. The CRPF won 115 medals: 19 for the Karreguttalu Hills operation on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, which led top Maoist leaders to surrender, and 96 for an operation in Jharkhand's Saranda forests that killed central committee member Patiram Manjhi.