India, Aug. 19 -- Nearly 300 police personnel across Maharashtra who were awarded the President's medal in 2023 or later in recognition of their outstanding/ distinguished record in service have not received their medals so far. Two of the awardees have died in the interim; yet, there is no clarity on when the medals may be disbursed, nor any official statement regarding reasons for delay, police sources told Hindustan Times.

"When the President's medal was announced for me, my school and college friends arranged a party and felicitated me in a three-star hotel. But today, when they ask me about the medal, I have no answers as I have not yet received it," said a retired police constable whose name was approved for a President's medal for...