CRPF gets 2 Kirti Chakras, one Shaurya, one PMG
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 25: Forty three police personnel from Jammu and Kashmir bagged President Police Medal for Gallantry, Distinguished and Meritorious Services, while J&K Government has announced Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medals for 153 police officers and officials.
The Police Medals for Meritorious Service have been awarded to Zubair Ahmad Khan, SSP Anti Corruption Bureau, Parshotam Lal, Deputy Director Prosecution ZPHQ Jammu, Shailender Singh, AIG (Buildings) PHE J&K, Mumtaz Ahmad, SSP CID CI Jammu, Rashmi Wazir, SSP 2nd Battalion SDRF Jammu, Sheikh Junaid Mahmood, SSP Headquarters CID J&K, Roop Raj, Staff Officer Jammu, Varinder Kumar, DySP DPO Jammu, Syed Mohi Ud Din Andrabi, DySP IR-6th Battalion Srinagar, Nazir Ahmad Yatoo, Inspector Ministerial CID Headquarters, Bhikam Chand, ASI SKPA Udhampur, Reyaz Ahmad Shah, ASI CID Headquarters J&K, Sunil Jalla, Head Constable Anti Corruption Bureau J&K, Farooq Ahmad Mir, Head Constable District Srinagar, Nisar Ahmad Bhat, Head Constable AP 6th Battalion Behra Mendhar, Darshan Lal, Head Constable J&K CID Cell New Delhi and Syed Muzamil Shabir, SG Constable Police Hospital Srinagar.
The Police Medals for Distinguished Service were conferred upon SI Iftikhar Ahmad Badam, ASI Abdul Ahad Baba, Constable Akeel Ahmad Malik, Follower Salinder Singh Bali, SgCt Mohammad Rameez Bhat, Constable Nasser Ahmad Beigh, SP Sheikh Zulfkar Azad, Inspector Mehboob Hussain Banday, constable Badder Hussain, Constable Altaf Ahmed Khan, SgCt Tejpal Singh, IG Syed Jaiad Mujataba Gillani, SSP Amit Kumar, SI Khurshid Ahmad Awan, Contable late Rouf Ahmad Bhat, SP Shridhar Patil, Inspector Zulfkar Ali, SI Subzar Ahmad Sheikh, HC Liakat Ali, HC Aftab Aslam, SI Qazi Asif Hussain, Constable Syed Waseem Ahmad, Follower Nazir Ahmad Lone and DIG Vijay Kumar.
The President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service have been given to Sham Lal SP Police Headquarters J&K.
Meanwhile, 153 personnel of J&K Police have been awarded Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Meritorious Service and Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry on the occasion of Republic Day. One hundred forty seven Police personnel including 32 Gazetted and 115 Non-Gazetted have been awarded Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry. Six officers have been awarded Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Meritorious Service.
Those who have been awarded with Sher-i- Kashmir Police Medal for Meritorious Service are ADGP Muneer Ahmad Khan, SSP Shahid Mehraj Rather, SSP Rajeshwar Singh, SSP Randeep Kumar, DySP Bodh Raj and DySP Mushtaq Ahmad Wani.
Those who have been given Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry are Showkat Ahmad Dar, DySP (PC) Sopore, Muzaffar Ahmad Tantray HC, Mushtaq Ahmad Koot, SgCt, Irfan Farooq Bhat, SgCt, Majad Ali, DySP (PC) Kellar, Peer Gulzar Ahmad, Inspector, Arif Hamid, SI, Ravees Ahmad, HC, Tariq Ahmad, SgCt and Firdous Ahmad Mir, SgCt.
Irshad Ahmad Kutey, ASI, Karnail Singh, HC, Parvaz Ahmad Bhat, SgCt, Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat, Constable, Sabzar Ahmad Ganai, Inspector, Tawseef Ahmad Wani, SgCt, Bilal Ahmad Bhat, SgCt, Mysir Ahmad malik, Ishfaq Hussain Pir, Constable and Mohammad Amin Reshi, ASI have been conferred with Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry.
Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry have been awarded to Mohammad Altaf Bhagat, SgCt, Showkat Ahmad Dar, SgCt, Ajaz Rasool Mir, Additional SP Bandipora, Mir Murtaza Hussain Sohil, DySP Headquarters Bandipora, Tahir Ahim Sheikh, SDPO Sumbal, Mehboob Hussain Banday, Inspector, Muneeb-ul-Islam Bhat, SI, Nazir Ahmad Dar, HC, Naseer Ahmad Beigh, SgCt and Rafiq Ahmad Mir, SgCt.
Aubid Hussain Ganie, SgCt, Mohammad Yaseen Malik, SgCt, Manmeet Singh, Constable, Syed Javeed Ahmad, SDPO Uri, Amar Deep, SI, Mohammad Iqbal Bhat, SgCt, Jatinderpal Singh, SgCt, Javaid Iqbal, SP (PC) Srinagar, Azhar Rashid, DySP (PC) Srinagar and Mohammad Ashraf Mir, SI PC Srinagar have been awarded Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry.
Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry have been conferred to Vikram Hangloo, Constable, Irshad Ahmad Mir, Constable, Vikram Singh, DySP (PC) Wadoora, Iftikhar Ahmad Badam, SI, Dawood Ahmad Bhat, SgCt, Muzaffer Ahmad Bhat, SgCt, Mohammad Sadiq Qurishe, SgCt, Syed Arif Zia, SgCt, Muneer Ahmad, SDPO Char-i-Sharief and Mudasir Shafi Wani, SO.
Imdad Hussain Shah, Constable, Mohammad Shafi Line, Constable, Aman Kumar, DySP (PC) Hatipora, Parvinder Singh, SgCt, Mohammad Iqbal Bhat, SgCt, Khalil Ahmed Poswal, then SP (Hqrs) Srinagar, Amritpal Singh, ADPO Shaheed Gunj, Imtiaz Ahmad Mir, DySP PC Srinagar, Narinder Singh,ASI and Kulwant Singh, HC have been awarded Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry.
Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry have been awarded to Mahsoom Hussain Shah, SgCt, Nisar Ahmed Khan DySP DAR Shopian, Mustafa Ali, SgCt, Mohammad Akhter, SgCt, Riyaz Ahmad Lone, Constable, Murtaza Mughal, Constable, Khurshid Ahmed, Constable, Shabir Ahmad Sohil, Follower, Moti Singh, HC and Ajay Kumar, HC.
Zakir Hussain Khan, Contable, Farooq Ahmad Malla, Follower, Bilal Ahmad Bhat, HC, Aamir Rasool Shah, Constable, Tariq Mahmood DySP (Ops) Handwara, Saifullah Khalid, SgCt, Irshad Ahmad Ahanger, DySP (PC) Baramulla, Tabraiz Ahmed Khan, Inspector, Javid Ahmed Khandey, SgCT and Vikram Kundal, SI have been awarded Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry.
Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry have been awarded to Nazir Ahmad Bijran, HC, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, HC, Shair Zaman Khan, HC, Fayaz Ahmad Malik, SgCt, Mohammad Majid Malik, ASP Budgam, Mohammad Raffi Shah, Inspector, Surjeet Singh, ASI, Aakash Kohli, DySP PC Chadoora, Rakesh Pandita, SI and Shabir Ahmad Ganie, HC.
Shiv Darshan Singh, then IGP Jammu, Bhim Sen Tuti, DIG JSK-UR Range, Vivek Gupta, then SSP Jammu, Rayees Ahmad Bhat, then SSP Udhampur, Nisha Nathyal, SSP Reasi, Vinay Kumar, SP (Ops) Jammu, Ghulam Mohammad Rather, Inspector, Nazir Ahmad Mir, ASI, Ghulam Hadir, HC and Parmeet Singh, HC have been awarded Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry.
Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry have been awarded to Ravees Ahmad Chopan, Constable, Irshad Ahmad Curoo, Constable, Mohammad Lateef Gojar, Follower, Mohammad Zaid, SSP Awantipora, Shahzada Kabir Mattoo, DySP DAR Awantipora, Shameet Pal Singh, HC, Sajid Salam Dar, Constable, Surinder Mohan, DySP Awantipora, Irshad Ahmad Kutey, ASI and Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, HC.
Shameem Ahmad Khan, SgCt, Mohammad Altaf Band, Follower, Mubashir Rasool DyCP (PC Hajin, Gaznefer Syed, Inspector, Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh, SgCt, Mir Ishfaq, Constable, Maqsood Ahmad, SgCt, Zakir Hussain, Follower, Nazir Ahmad, Inspector and Naseer Hussain have been awarded Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry.
Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry have been awarded to Fayad Ahmad Shoond, SgCt, Romesh Kumar, SgCt, Mohammad Sadiq Khan, ASI, Vijay Kumar, HC, Reyaz Ahmad Mir, SI, Hilal Ahmad, SgCt, Ghulam Rasool Malik, SI, Yar Mohammad Mugal, ASI, Ajaz Ahmad Zargar, ASP and Shrwan Rana, SI.
Altaf Ahmad Khan, Constable, Zafer Iqbal, Constable, Amod Ashok Nagpure, SP, Imran Hussain Tak, SO, Altaf Ahmad Wani, SgCt, Aijaz Ahmad Ganie, Constable, Mudassir Ahmad Naikoo, Constable, Farooq Qesor Malik, ASP, Mohammad Iqbal, SI and Abdul Rehman, ASI have been conferred with Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry.
Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry have been awarded to Farooq Ahmad, ASI, Mohammad Youns Khan, SgCt, Deepu Thusoo, SgCt, Amit Kumar, DIG, Mohammad Muzaffar Jan, DySP, Sameer Ahmad Sheikh, SgCT and Nisar Ahmad Wani, SgCt.
However, on the occasion of Republic Day, 3 prison personnel have been awarded prestigious President’s Correctional Service Medal for Meritorious Service. Abdul Razak Malla, Assistant Superintendent presently Incharge District Jail Leh, Mohinder Singh Assistant Superintendent, Sub Jail Hiranagar and Yog Raj Head Warder, Central Jail Jammu (Kot Bhalwal) are among the recipients. All these officials have raised from the rank of warders due to their hard work, dedication and extra ordinary performance in the field and were thus recommended and nominated by the State Government for the said award.
Meanwhile 10 officers and officials have also been awarded Director General’s Prison Medal for their consistent and outstanding performance in their duty/job by the J&K Prison Department. They include Superintendent Jails Saba Shawl, presently posted as Principal Institute of Correctional Services Mishriwalla Jammu, Mushtaq Ahmad Malla Superintendent District Jail Kathua, Pharmacist Shuban Lal Bhat, District Jail Jammu, Headwarders Ashok Kumar of Sub Jail Hiranagar and Manjeet Singh District Jail Jammu, SG Warder Pawan Kumar of District Jail Udhampur and Prison Warders Mohammad Hussain, Sub Jail Reasi, Bilal Ahmad Khan and Altaf Hussain, both from Central Jail Srinagar and Kulbir Singh of Direction Office. The award carries cash reward as well as commendation certificate.
Two slain CRPF jawans were decorated with the Kirti Chakra, the second highest peacetime gallantry medal of the country, and their commander was awarded the Shaurya Chakra for displaying dare devilry in taking on heavily armed terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Awantipora in 2017.
The military decorations have been bestowed on constables Pradip Kumar Panda and Rajendra Kumar Nain, who were killed while fighting the militants who stormed their camp in Awantipora, while their commander Assistant Commandant Zile Singh has been awarded the Shaurya Chakra, the third highest bravery decoration, on the eve of the Republic Day.
The three displayed exemplary bravery to thwart the deadly fidayeen attack that was carried out on December 30, 2017, and went on for over 36 hours, an official citation said.
Three heavily armed terrorists were killed by the CRPF personnel after the gun battle ended.
Five troops of the force were also killed in this pre-dawn attack on the multi-acre camp that also serves as training centre for jawans inducted for counter-militancy operations in the Kashmir Valley.
CRPF Commandant Vinay Kumar Tiwari has been awarded PMG for his active contribution on the ground in the operation from September 24 to 26 2017 at Chidi Maidan Kalgai under jurisdiction of Police Station Uri, in which he neutralized 4 JeM fidayeens without caring for his life.
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