Greyhounds inspector KLVSSNV Prasad Babu was awarded the highest peace time gallantry award, the Ashok Chakra, posthumously on Wednesday. It is the first time in Andhra Pradesh police and Greyhounds history that an officer was chosen for this award. His father has recieved the award from President Pranab today. Prasad Babu, 33, who was a native of Marturu village in Visakhapatnam district, was killed by Maoists in the forests of Chhattisgarh in April, 2013. Prasad had joined the police department as a sub-inspector in 2004 and was subsequently promoted as an inspector. His father Karanam Venkataramaiah is a retired constable. Prasad had played a crucial role in gunning down 10 Maoists in the encounter in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh in ...

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