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Karkare, Kamte among nine to get Ashok Chakra
(Embargo: Not to be published/broadcast before January 26)
New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) Maharashtra Police Anti-Terrorism
Sqaud chief Hemant Karkare, Additional Commissioner Ashok Kamte and four others killed fighting Pakistani terrorists in Mumbai were among nine security personnel named Sunday for Ashok Chakra, India's highest peace-time gallantry medal.
Mumbai Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar and Assistant
Sub-Inspector Tukaram Ombale, apart from National Security
Guards commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Havildar
Gajender Singh too would receive the medal posthumously for
their acts of bravery during the November Mumbai attacks.
Delhi police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, who died
fighting terrorists in the Batala House operation in the
capital in September last year, has been named for the award.
Army Colonel Jojan Thomas, the Commanding Officer of 45
Rastriya Rifles and Special Forces commando Havildar Bahadur
Singh Bohra of 10 Parachute Regiment, who were killed in
separate counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir,
would also receive the medal for their courage.
President Pratibha Patil will present the medals to
the next of kin of these officers and personnel during the
Republic Day parade Monday.
Families of Orissa Armed Police Special Operation Group
Assistant Commandant P K Satapathy and Meghalaya Police's R P
Diengdoh, who were posthumously named for the medal on August
15 last year for fighting insurgents in their respective
states, will also receive the award.
The President also named 13 other officers and
security personnel for the second highest peace-time gallantry
medal, the Kirti Chakra, a Bar to Shaurya Chakra and 30
Shaurya Chakras.
Those who would be decorated with Kirti Chakra, are Lt
Col Saurabh Singh Shekhawat of the Special Forces 21 Parachute
Regiment, Lt Col Osiris Das of Kumaon Regiment/13 RR, Capt
Sala Ajitkuman Arshibhai of Special Forces 2 Parachute
Regiment, Capt Paras Limboo of Assam Regiment/59 RR, Sub Indra
Bahadur Pun of Special Forces 4 Parachute Regiment, Hav Rale
Santosh Tanaji of Maratha Light Infantry/56 RR.
Others named are Naik Tape Yajo of 1 Assam Regiment
(Posthumous), Nitya Nanda Bora of the Indian Railway
(Posthumous), NSG Commando Sapper V Sathish of Corps of
Engineers, Maharashtra Police's constable Arun Raghonath
Chitte (Posthumous), constable Amradas Ramachandra Powar
(Posthumous) and Inspector Sashank Chandrasen Shinde
(Posthumous), and Maharastra Home Guard Mukesh Bhikaji Jadav
(Posthumous).
Border Roads Organisation's Zalim Singh, an operator
of excavating machinery, was named to receive Bar to Shaurya
Chakra. PTI NCB
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New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) Maharashtra Police Anti-Terrorism
Sqaud chief Hemant Karkare, Additional Commissioner Ashok Kamte and four others killed fighting Pakistani terrorists in Mumbai were among nine security personnel named Sunday for Ashok Chakra, India's highest peace-time gallantry medal.
Mumbai Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar and Assistant
Sub-Inspector Tukaram Ombale, apart from National Security
Guards commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Havildar
Gajender Singh too would receive the medal posthumously for
their acts of bravery during the November Mumbai attacks.
Delhi police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, who died
fighting terrorists in the Batala House operation in the
capital in September last year, has been named for the award.
Army Colonel Jojan Thomas, the Commanding Officer of 45
Rastriya Rifles and Special Forces commando Havildar Bahadur
Singh Bohra of 10 Parachute Regiment, who were killed in
separate counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir,
would also receive the medal for their courage.
President Pratibha Patil will present the medals to
the next of kin of these officers and personnel during the
Republic Day parade Monday.
Families of Orissa Armed Police Special Operation Group
Assistant Commandant P K Satapathy and Meghalaya Police's R P
Diengdoh, who were posthumously named for the medal on August
15 last year for fighting insurgents in their respective
states, will also receive the award.
The President also named 13 other officers and
security personnel for the second highest peace-time gallantry
medal, the Kirti Chakra, a Bar to Shaurya Chakra and 30
Shaurya Chakras.
Those who would be decorated with Kirti Chakra, are Lt
Col Saurabh Singh Shekhawat of the Special Forces 21 Parachute
Regiment, Lt Col Osiris Das of Kumaon Regiment/13 RR, Capt
Sala Ajitkuman Arshibhai of Special Forces 2 Parachute
Regiment, Capt Paras Limboo of Assam Regiment/59 RR, Sub Indra
Bahadur Pun of Special Forces 4 Parachute Regiment, Hav Rale
Santosh Tanaji of Maratha Light Infantry/56 RR.
Others named are Naik Tape Yajo of 1 Assam Regiment
(Posthumous), Nitya Nanda Bora of the Indian Railway
(Posthumous), NSG Commando Sapper V Sathish of Corps of
Engineers, Maharashtra Police's constable Arun Raghonath
Chitte (Posthumous), constable Amradas Ramachandra Powar
(Posthumous) and Inspector Sashank Chandrasen Shinde
(Posthumous), and Maharastra Home Guard Mukesh Bhikaji Jadav
(Posthumous).
Border Roads Organisation's Zalim Singh, an operator
of excavating machinery, was named to receive Bar to Shaurya
Chakra. PTI NCB
DEP
