New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Seventeen Delhi Police personnel on the occasion of Independence Day have been named for service medals, which include two President's Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) and 15 Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM), according to the officials.

Among the PSM awardees is Additional Commissioner of Police Dinesh Kumar Gupta, a 2010-batch IPS officer, who has held several key operational and specialised assignments in Delhi Police. He has served as ACP in Preet Vihar and Alipur and as ACP Operations in East, Northeast and Southwest districts and the Special Branch.

Gupta has also served as Additional DCP in East, Southwest, North and New Delhi districts, and as DCP in the Railway, IGI Airport, Traffic, Recruitment Cel...