Senior Jharkhand police officer Murari Lal Meena on Saturday received the President's Medal for his role as the state police nodal officer during the recently-concluded five-phase Assembly elections.
President Ramnath Kovind conferred the award on the additional director general of police at a programme in New Delhi, an official statement said here.
He was credited with comprehensive security management in vulnerable areas of the Maoist-hit state during the elections, it said.
The state had witnessed peaceful elections in all five phases conducted from November 30 to December 20 last year.
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