The Home Minister of India, Amit Shah, awarded the Aska Police Station in Ganjam District as the best police station in the country for 2022. Inspector in Charge, Aska Police Station, Prasant Kumar Sahoo, received the trophy from Shah at the annual conference of the DGPSIGPS (Department of General Police Services, India). Arwal Police Station in Bihar and Banbasa Police Station in Champawat District of Uttarakhand were awarded the second and third prizes, respectively. The ranking of police stations across the country is an annual exercise of the Ministry of Home Affairs, and Aska Police Station was also declared as the best police station under the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System Dashboard for 2022.
