Cops, staff and observation home win child-friendly award

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Recognizing their exceptional work in child protection, PI Gajanan Kalyankar, PSI Radha Late and Isak Pathan, four constables, and the district probation and supervision observation home will receive the prestigious child-friendly award on March 3 at the Yashwantrao Chavan Center, Mumbai.

The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, in collaboration with UNICEF, honours individuals and institutions committed to child welfare, safety, and rights. Acting on Police Commissioner Pravin Pawar’s directives, officers launched regular school visits, awareness drives in 28 schools, complaint boxes in 35 schools, CCTV checks, and school bus driver verifications to curb crimes against children.

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Award recipients

PI: Gajanan Kalyankar

PSI: Radha Late, Isak Pathan

Constables: Ratansing Chavan, Vijay Telure, Hira Chincholkar, Varsha Pawar

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Remarkable interventions

Kalyankar cracked three child abduction cases, safely rescuing two girls (aged 12 and 17) and an 11-year-old boy.

He also found a missing 13-year-old Pune boy at a bus stand and reunited him with his family.

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Free education and rehabilitation

Since 1957, the District probation and supervision organization-run observation home and children’s home have provided free education, care, and rehabilitation for vulnerable children. Leaders Manasingh Pawar, Avadhut Jagtap, Sushila Jagtap, Manoharsingh Chhabda, Wamanrao Danekar and Superintendent Chandrabhan Jangle praised the staff’s dedication in securing this recognition.