The State Government has awarded Sher-e-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry (SKPMG) to 37 police officers and officials on the eve of Independence Day 2016.They are Garib Dass, DIG Baramulla, Ajaz Ahmed Bhat, SSP Kupwara, Shabir Nawab, ASP Kulgam, Azhar Bashir Baba, ASP Pulwama, Shahzada Kabir Mattoo, Dy SP (PC) Pampore, Mohammad Shafiq Najar Dy SP (Hqrs) Pulwama, Syed Majeed Mosavi, Dy SP (PC) Srinagar, Hilal Khaliq Bhat, Dy SP (PC) Lolab, Prithpal Singh Dy SP (PC) Kathua, Diwaker Singh Dy SP SDPO Border Chadwal Kathua, Satish Kumar Dy SP (Prob) Pulwama, Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh HC, Nisar Hussain, SGCT, Javaid Ahmed Sheikh CT, Fayaz Ahmad Khan HC, Raouf Ashraf Yatoo CT, Hans Raj SGCT, Shabir Ahmed SGCT, Bashir Ahmad Gullar Gursi CT, Habibullah Sheergojree SGCT, Omer Hussain Wada CT, Zubair Ahmad Sofi CT, Saleem Yousuf Khan SGCT, Javid Ahmad Lone SI, Waseem Gull SI, Tsewang Narboo SI, Fayaz Ahmad Bhat HC, Mukhtar Ahmad CT, Mohammad Shafi Bhat CT, Arshid Ahmad Ahangar CT, Mohammad Irfan Jura CT, Abdul Rashid Reshi HC, Dheeraj Babu Jungral SGCT, Basharat Hussain CT, Irshad Ahmad Dar CT, Javid Ahmad Lone CT, and Shakeel Ahmad Sheikh CT.