TWO SOLDIERS who had been killed combating infiltrators alongside the Line of Control (LoC) in J&Ok and a Rifleman who chased two insurgents into the jungles and killed them throughout an operation in Assam are amongst six Army personnel who’ve been named for Shaurya Chakras this 12 months.
Shaurya Chakra is the nation’s third highest peacetime gallantry award. President Ram Nath Kovind authorized the checklist of awardees – six from Army and 6 from CRPF – on the eve of Republic Day.
While 5 of the six from the Army have been awarded posthumously, for the CRPF, the variety of posthumous awards is 4.
Two of the Army’s posthumous awards have been given for a similar operation. Naib Subedar Sreejith M and Sepoy Maruprolu Jaswanth Reddy, each from seventeenth Madras Regiment, had been killed combating infiltrators attempting to cross the LoC in Sunderbani sector of J&Ok on July 8, 2021. They killed militants in face-to-face gunfights earlier than they got here beneath heavy fireplace and use of grenades.
Three others who had been named for Sharya Chakra are Havildar Anil Kumar Tomar and Havildar Kashiray Bammanalli, each from 44 Rashtra Rifles, and Havildar Pinku Kumar from 34 Rashtra Rifles. They had been killed in operations within the Valley during which every of them killed not less than one militant earlier than they had been killed.
The solely surviving Army particular person to get the Shaurya Chakra this 12 months is Rifleman Rakesh Sharma, who throughout an operation on May 23 in an Assam village, chased two insurgents into the jungles and killed them regardless of coming beneath heavy fireplace.
Apart from them, six CoBRA commandos of the CRPF have been awarded the Shaurya Chakra.
Deputy Commandant Dilip Malik, posted in 205 CoBRA, who led his males in a fierce gunfight with Maoists after they got here beneath head fireplace throughout a search operation in a Bihar forest has been named for the award. He killed not less than three Maoists and “set the highest and exemplary standards of leadership” in the course of the operation.
Three personnel of CoBRA additionally obtained the Shaurya Chakra posthumously for a separate anti-Maoist operation in Irrapalli.
The President additionally awarded ‘Mention-in-Despatches’ to 44 personnel from the Armed Forces. The largest set of 15 are for counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in J&Ok. Fourteen personnel had been awarded for the operations in the course of the standoff in jap Ladakh. Two of those are posthumous, awarded to Havildar Sudheesh Kumar S and Naik Ramarao Vanjarapu, each from Engineer Regiment.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
