Lieutenant General Dheeraj Seth and Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh awarded Param Vishisht Seva Medal
A total of 95 gallantry medals have been awarded to personnel of state and central police forces, fire services, home guards and civil defense and correctional services through an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday on the eve of the 76th Republic Day. The CRPF has been awarded 21 police gallantry medals, the highest among all central and state police forces, including two Shaurya Chakras issued by the Defense Ministry. The Defense Ministry announced two Shaurya Chakras to CRPF Cobra Commando, Deputy Commandant Vikrant Kumar and Inspector Jeffrey Hingchullo for carrying out a bold operation against Maoists in Jharkhand during 2023.
According to the citation, these personnel of 203 Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) displayed “extraordinary” bravery during an anti-Naxal operation in the state’s Chatra district on April 2, 203, which resulted in the killing of five “top” Maoists. were killed and a cache of arms and ammunition was recovered. Shaurya Chakra is the third highest peacetime military gallantry medal.
Medals received for these works
A senior Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer said that of the 19 Police Medals (GM) for gallantry, 11 were for operations conducted in Jammu and Kashmir, seven for acts of bravery in anti-Maoist operations and one in the Northeast. For courage shown during an operation. Recipients of the award include second-in-command rank officer Narendra Yadav and assistant commandants Amit Kumar and Vinay Kumar, who have been awarded the gallantry medal for the first time (the second time the gallantry medal has been awarded to a GM).
UP Police gets 17 medals
Late constable Sunil Kumar Pandey has been nominated for the medal posthumously. A soldier of the 186th battalion sacrificed his life while stopping bike-borne smugglers who were smuggling people from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh in September 2023. The attackers attacked him with a knife. After CRPF, the country’s largest paramilitary force, Uttar Pradesh (17), Jammu and Kashmir (15), Chhattisgarh (11) and Border Security Force (5) got the maximum number of medals.
Bravery medals given to three BSF soldiers in Congo
Three Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed under the United Nations (UN) flag in Congo have also been awarded gallantry medals. Inspector Jitu Deori, Constable Ratan Kumar Yogi and Constable Avadhesh Kumar Yadav displayed “exemplary courage” in rescuing 38 unarmed UN staff from a violent mob that attacked their camp in Butembo on July 26, 2022. The BSF is primarily tasked with guarding the Indian borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh besides performing various other security duties. The CRPF, with approximately 3.25 lakh personnel, is the mainstay of internal security duties in the country.
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