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Nupur Prasad gets President’s Medal for Sushant Rajput probe role
IPS officer Nupur Prasad has been named a recipient of the President’s Medal for Meritorious Service for 2026. The 2007-batch AGMUT officer supervised the CBI investigation into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death…
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IPS officer Nupur Prasad has been named a recipient of the President’s Medal for Meritorious Service for 2026. The 2007-batch AGMUT officer supervised the CBI investigation into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death and recently rejoined the Delhi Police. She now serves as Joint Commissioner in its Economic Offences Wing.
Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai home on June 14, 2020. The CBI took over the case in August that year and, in 2025, submitted closure reports saying it found no evidence of foul play, abetment of suicide or criminal conspiracy. Prasad earlier served as Shahdara’s first DCP and oversaw operations against drug syndicates and illegal gambling, according to PTI.
The Indian Opinion
The medal should not be read as a verdict on the public’s competing theories about Rajput’s death. Nor does the case justify claims that every controversial investigation proves institutional failure. The available account says Prasad supervised evidence review and that the CBI later filed closure reports. The fair test is whether those reports withstand judicial scrutiny and whether the service record behind the award is assessed beyond one highly publicised case.
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