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City cop gets bravery award 

(As per article on Hindustan Times)

He has been awarded this distinguished bravery award for risking his life to save an 18-year-old girl from drowning in the pond of Sri Devi Talab Mandir in Jalandhar in 2007

It was a matter of pride for Assistant Sub Inspector, Punjab Police, Pushap Bali, to be the only person from Punjab to receive the bravery award dur- ing the 53rd All India Police Duty Meet held at Gujarat recently.The Governor of the state, Dr Kamla Beniwal, and DGP S.H.S. Khandwala awarded Bali with `Prime Minister's Police Medal for Life Saving'.He has been awarded with this distinguished bravery award for risking his life to save an 18- year-old girl from drowning in the pond of Sri Devi Talab Mandir in Jalandhar in 2007.Bali, who is posted as in- charge, police and security of Devi Talab Mandir, on September 28, 2007, was on medical rest and was sitting outside his room near the CCTV camera installed inside the tem- ple complex. He observed on the CCTV monitor that Mukta Jain, a girl of Qazi Mohalla, was drowning in the temple pond and people were watching helplessly.Talking to Hindustan Times, Bali said that after seeing the girl drowning, he ran to the spot and jumped into the 15 feet- deep pond to save Mukta, who in turn caught Bali tightly and pulled him down with her.After freeing himself from the clutches of Mukta, the police officer came up to the surface of the pond and asked securi- ty man Dilbar Singh to untie his turban. After catching hold of the turban, Bali tied it to Mukta's arm and brought her to the surface, the cop revealed.Earlier, Bali had saved a minor girl of an advocate from the pos- session of a robber in 2005.He has already achieved President's Police Medal for Gallantry on the occasion of Republic Day-2005 and was awarded Chidren's Day Bravery Award too by the Indian Red Cross Society, Punjab, on the occasion of Children's Day in 2003.