Disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore has been stripped of the president's medal he had received for meritorious service, police said here Friday

"The Haryana government has received back the police medal which was awarded to Shambhu Pratap Singh Rathore, IPS (Retd) for meritorious service as the same has been cancelled and forfeited," a spokesman of Haryana Police said.