The Punjab Police on Saturday handed over two cheques of Rs 1 crore each to the family of Constable Mandeep Singh who died in the line of duty and has recommended his name for the President’s Gallantry Award. Thirty-two-year-old Mandeep Singh, a 2013-batch constable, was killed in a gunfight with four men that ensued after they shot dead a cloth merchant Bhupinder Singh alias Timmy in Nakodar on December 7. The businessman was given police protection after he received extortion threats and Mandeep Singh was posted as his gunman.
