Overview
- The Office of the President selected senior IPS officer Nupur Prasad for the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service, a list published Saturday that recognises long, exemplary police service.
- The award citation describes Prasad as an accomplished officer noted for versatility, integrity and institutional vision and specifically references her role supervising the CBI investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.
- Prasad led key CBI assignments, including the agency’s work on the Rajput case and the AgustaWestland matter, and she helped draft the CBI Crime Manual 2020 and other agency vision documents.
- She completed her CBI tenure and has returned to Delhi Police as Joint Commissioner in the Economic Offences Wing, where she has introduced trial‑monitoring software and oversees financial crime probes.
- The CBI filed closure reports in March 2025 in Mumbai and Patna courts finding no evidence of foul play in Rajput’s death, and those reports remain the formal outcome as Prasad receives official recognition.