Three personnel from the Meghalaya Civil Defence and Home Guards were awarded the prestigious Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of the 72nd Republic Day.
The recipients are Havildar Thioris Sulein from the Border Wing Home Guards Battalion, Mawdiangdiang and Lance Naik Pherson Ranee and Fireman Md Faruq Hussain, both from the Central Training Institute of Civil Defence and Home Guards, Mawdiangdiang.
The trio are among only nine other recipients of this medal from the North East this year.
