REGISTERED No. D. (D)-72
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 24] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1981/MAGHA 6, 1902
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60 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC. 11MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th January, 1981
No. 21021/11/80-Ad. BttB.—The President is pleased, on Ihe occasion of Republic Day, 1981, to award an Appreciation Ccliifieatc to the undermentioned officer of the- Central Excise Department tor exceptionally meritorious service rendered by him when undertaking a task even at the risk of his life.
Name of the Officer and rank
Shri K. N. R. Entee, Superintendent of Central Excise functioning as Intelligence officer in the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence at Bombay.
Statement of services for which the certificate has been awar- ded.
On the night of 20th May, 1980 Senior Intelligence Officer, Shri K.N.R. Entee was depoted to the Bombay airport along with four intelligence officers to work out two piece of intel- ligence received from the Hqrs. of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence regarding the arrival from abroad of some persons who were suspected to be carrying contraband. At the airport, Assistant Director Shri S.S. Sekhon, who arrived from Delhi around 2.00 a.m. aJso joined, the party of officers led by Shri Entee who were working out the information. On comple- tion of their immediate assignment th-) officers withdrew from the airport at about 6 a.m. on 21st May because the suspects did not turn up. After dropping the other officers on the way, S/Shri Sekhon and Entee wero proceeding towards their office in South Bombay hi departmental jeep MR.H 5867 driven by driver Shri R. G. Patil.
2. Shri Sekhon was sitting in the front while Shri Enfec was at the back seat. The jeep was moving on Swami Viveka- nanda Road (previously known na Ghode Bunder Road) in tho Bandia area when Shri Entoc spotted a black Ambassador car approaching them and being driven very fast in suspicious manner. He also observed that a number of packageswrapped in gunny, which in the local language of smugglers are called "Bhojas'1 were kept on the back seat of the car. Shri Enteo reported these facts to Shri Sekhon who was not able to see the car because he was sitting in the front. Meanwhile, the car overtook the Jeep and, by then, Shri Sekhon also noticed the packages.
3. At this, the preventive instinct of both the officers came to the fore and Shri Sekhon asked the driver to speed up the jeep and follow the car. On feeling that he was being followed, the driver of the car furtner accelerated with thn result that the jeep also had to increase its speed. Moreover, the speeding up of the car confirmed the initial suspicion of the officers that what it was carrying was contraband. They, therefore, ordered it to stop, but instead of complying with) this direction, the car turned towards the left on the road to the Bandra Railway Station with a view to giving it a slip* The jeep also followed in the same direction. The car finally re-entered Svvami Vivekananda Road but, instead of proceeding trj its original course to the south, it turned northwards. At this stage, Shri Entee sought permission of the Assistant Direc- tor to fire at the car and started opening his bag for taking out his revolver. By then the jeep had almost overtaken the car and at that moment the latter suddenly hit the jeep from the right as a consequence of which the driver lost control and mounted the pavement on the right and hit a wall and overturned on striking against an electric pole. Shri Entee, who WBN sitting at the back got thrown out andi seriously injured his right leg. Meanwhile, the car speed away.
4. When Shri Sekhon recovered from the shock he found the driver resting on his body in the overturned jeep. After they managed to get out, Shri Sekhon noticed Shri Rntec Oti the pavement holding his right leg which wa^ profusely bleed- ing above the ankle. Although he had himself received injuries on the left side of hi<; body, Shri Sekhnn kt his presence of mind and took off his turban andi tied it on Shri Entee's leir to prevent further bleeding. He stopped a taxi and lifted Shri
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Elite* tttta took Kim tft the Nanavati Hospital In Vile Parle. Ha inetruoted the drivqr to go to tije Bandrq Police'Station and lodge a report of the accident and then come to the Nanavati Hospitali
5. In the normal circumstances for an operation of this nature, the officers go fully piepared for a chose and other eventualities, Thftse officers having one* spotted the car undertook the mis"ion of chasing and intercepting it, It WM unfortunate that the jeep niet with an accident which deprive*} them the opportunity of intercepting the car with the contra- bapd, Shri Entee was unlucky to nave suffered a permanent disability by way of loss of his leg.
6. Tho fact that Shri Entee had worked during the previous day and kept awake during the night did not deter him from chaaing the car which he had noticed during; their journey to the office. Officers of ordinary calibre would have .ignored the car on the simple ground that they had continuously been working for over 24 hours and would have therefore felt lethargic to chase it. The fact that they observed the car shows alertness; the fact that they decided to chase it shows their extreme devotion to duty, even though no supeuor officer would have called tiem into question if they had not reported what they had noticed while travelling. The risk inherent in chasing the car with a jeep which was ill equipped for the purpose was apparently known to the Officers and; inspite of this knowledge they chased the car with a view to intercepting it. The spontaneous response on the part of the officers to the call of duty without hesitation shows their extreme devo- tion to duty and merits iwceptlonal aftwectatlon.
7. Thus Shri Entee has rendeied exceptionally ttieritorious. service in the task of chasing the car although ill-equipped at that moment, even at the risk cf his life.
R On some earlier O^^N'OTIS nko Shri Rntce had displayed
outstanding courage tit dfocharging Us functions.
No. 21021/11/ 80-Ad. IIIB.—The President is pleased, on TOO
occasion of Republic Day, 1981, to award an Appreciation Cer- tificate to each of the undermentioned officers of the Narcotics Department for exceptionally meritorious service rendered by them when undertaking a task even at the risk of their lives :—
Names of the officers and rank.
1. Late Shri Satgur Lai, Inspector in the Central Bureau
of Narcotics.
2. Late Shri Ram Naumi, Driver in the Central Bureau
of Narcotics.
Statement of services for which the certificates have been
awarded.
On 25-4-80 Late Shri Satgur Lai, Inspector organised a last force consisting of 4 officers and Driver Shri Ram Naumi tor working out a valuable information. Shri Satgur Lnl alongwith his team kept a vigil on Lucknow-Kanpur road continuously over the suspected vehicle for three days, A symbol of pcr- severence and beloved leader to his team, he arranged the prolonged surveillance and In the morning of 28-4-80 the team located and signalled the suspected jeep near Sarojni Nagar on Lucknow-Kanpur Road but it speeded up and tried to escape towards Kaupurj Alort; afiile and prompt aa Shri Lai w 62 TUBCAZEITE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC.,*]
played an equally important role. The suspected jeep was chased frith' break-neck speed and the team overtook tho fleeing vehicle near Banthara. • After the search' of the jee^ a c&vity iu the jeep used for smuggling waa found. 51 packages of contraband Opium weighing 96.900 kgs valued at Rs. onfc lakh recovered apart from the arrest of both the occupants of jeep. Shri Ram Naumi demonstrated his instinct and uncanny skill to locate concealed cavaties in the jeep used for smuggling.
After the aforesaid successful mission Shri Lai was again made incharge of a team the same day to follow up information of a large scale smuggling on a truck from the village Mehdipur District Barabanki. In' pursuance to the information the party started keeping discreet watch aroundi the village. The mem- bers of the team led by Shri Lai kept the vigil with renewed vigour with least concern for their'safety deep in the interior stronghold of smugglers of- Barabankl. On seeing some activity around their position Shri Lai, sensing that their ambush has been exposed, ordered a strategical withdrawal to another place. They left the villagp at 1.30 A.M. on 29-4-80 and moved to Barabankl octroi. Here the party received another information regarding imminent smuggling of opium by two can—one of green colour and another of white colour. Just at about 2 A.M. on 29-4-1980 the team noticed a green coloured car fleeing towards Lucknow. Shri Lai with, his untiring zeal, unflinching devotion and exemplary dedication to duty, order- ed the team,to follow the green car. The departmental officials under the ablo leadership of Shri Lai and expert driving by Shri Ram Naumi gave a chaae to the fleeing car at the break- neck speed of 120 K.M- ph.
Despite his knowing that they were after desperados, and there was a grave risk involved in chasing in dark night at such high speed, the calm and composed leader of the team Shri Lai kept up the chase for .about 12 kms. At one stage the smuggler's driver even hoodwinked them and allowed them tq overtake but later speeded up on being asked to stop. The high speed chase ended in the smuggler's car and Departmental car meeting with an accident with a trusk in which the leader Shri Satgur Lai died on the spot as also the driver Shri Ram Naumi. The smuggler's driver was overpowered by rest of the staff, all of whom had injuries, and the search resulted in seizure of 99 bottles of contraband whisky, being smuggled into a prohibited zone.
No. A. 21021/11/80-Ad. DIB,—The President is pleased, on the occasion of the Republic Day, 1981, to award an Apnre- ciatlpn Certificate for Specially Distinguished Record of Ser- vice to each of the under-mentioned officers of the Customs Department:—
(1) Shri Balkrishna M. Bidkar,
Superintendent of Customs (Preventive), Bombay.
i2) Shri Shiravale M. Mahipat,
Sepoy, Customs (Preventive}, Bombay.
2. These awards are made, under clause fa)- (ii)., ofr- para 1 of the Scheme governing the grant of awards to the officers and staff of the Customs and Central Excise Departments, published in Part I, Section 1 of the Gazette of India Extraordinary Notification No. 12/139/59-Ad. HIB, dated the 5fh November, 1962, as amended. from time to time,
R. C. MISRA, Addl. Secy.