CBI Officer V Chandrasekhar Awarded Police Medal for RG Kar Rape-Murder Case Probe

• V Chandrasekhar, CBI Joint Director, received the President's Medal for Distinguished Service on Republic Day.
• He supervised the investigation into the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College.
• The probe led to the conviction of the main accused within months of filing the chargesheet.
• Other officers, including Amit Srivastava and Mukesh Sharma, also received the President's Medal.
• Twenty-five CBI officers were awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service, including C Venkata Subba Reddy and Sadanand Shakarrao Date.

Why It Matters: CBI officer V Chandrasekhar was honored with a police medal for his exemplary work on the RG Kar case.