Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 26: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), one of the glorious Security Force of the nation, was overwhelmed with the recognition of its professionalism and valor of its personnel on the occasion of Republic Day.
In a function organized at Group Centre CRPF Bantalab Jammu, Charu Sinha IG Jammu Sector CRPF unfurled the tricolor and read the names of recipients of medals.
While addressing the officers and personnel present during the function, she mentioned about the selfless service and supreme sacrifice given by martyrs of the Force in the service of the nation.
Among the gallantry medals awarded to various forces, CRPF earned 1 President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG),75 Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG), 6 President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and 56 Police Medal for Meritorious service.
PPMG is awarded to Shaheed Ct/GD Utpal Rabha posthumously. Shaheed Ct/GD Mandeep Kumar, Shaheed Ct/GD Nirmal Ghosh and Shaheed Ct/GD Mahesh Kumar Meena are awarded PMG posthumously.
Among others who are bestowed with PMG are Atul Karwal ADG, Rajender Singh Assistant Commandant, HC/GD Praveen Kumar, Ct/GD Sanjeev Ranjan Singh, ASI/GD Sanjay Kumar Singh, Ct/GD S Balachandra Reddy, HC/GD Umesh Yadav, ASI/GD Lalit Kumar, Sanjay Mohanty Dy Comdt, SI/GD Anuj Kumar Tyagi, HC/GD Pramod Kumar Dubey, Ct/GD Manoj Kumar, Daihrii Nenio Assistant Commandant, Prahlad Singh Assistant Commandant, Ct/GD Anil Sharma, Ct/GD Vivek Kumar, Rajendra Harijan Assistant Commandant, Ct/GD Amarjeet Kumar Das, Ct/GD Anup Dey, Ct/GD Jayanta Boro, Ct/GD Rangjalu Baro, HC/RO Rahul Kumar Pathak, Ct/GD Dhiman Barua, Vinay Kumar Tiwari Comdt (1st Bar to PMG), SI/GD Mukesh Kumar, ASI/GD Mohd Yousuf Itoo, Ct/GD Neeraj Kumar, Ct/GD Shaid Hussain, SI/GD RD Ashemval Anal, Ct/GD Nilamoni Deka, Ct/GD Biswajit Das, Ct/GD Rakesh Bhagat, Ct/GD Mohd Younes Khan, Ct/GD Ramu Lohar, Gopal Ram Assistant Commandant, Ct/GD Latif Ahmad Bhat, Ct/GD Sreenivasulu P (1st Bar to PMG), Tilak Raj Assistant Commandant, HC/GD Rattan Singh, Ct/GD Birender Singh, Pravat Kumar Behera Assistant Commandant, HC/GD G Vijaya Kumar, Ct/GD Shoukat Ahma Rather, Ct/GD Nasser Ahmed, Ct/GD Narsapure Rakesh Prabhakar, Devendar Mohan Sharma Dy Comdt, Manish Kumar Assistant Commandant, HC/GD Rajinder Kumar, Ct/GD Kakade Nishant Arun, Ct/GD Ajay Kindo, Kumar Mayank Second-in-Command, Rajbardhan Assistant Commandant (1st Bar to PMG), ASI/GD Jadav Chandra Borah, Ct/GD Mohd Hussain, Ct/GD Ravindra Singh Tomar, Rakesh Rao Comdt (1st Bar to PMG), Jitender Sahu Second-in-Command, Ct/GD Shofiqul Islam, Banbari Lal Assistant Commandant, HC/GD Akhlesh Panday, Ct/GD Kamlesh Singh, Ct/GD Deep Chand Singh, Ct/GD Lekh Raj, Naresh Kumar Assistant Commandant (5th Bar to PMG), Ravi Sharma Assistant Commandant (2nd Bar to PMG), Ct/GD Vijay Prakash Yadav, Ct/BD Anish Kumar Singh, Ct/GD Younis Ahmad Dar, Ct/GD Devendra Kumar, HC/GD Mahipal Singh, Ashok Kumar Second-in-Command (3rd Bar to PMG) and Ct/GD Vipin Kumar.
The bravery of the Force personnel deployed to combat terrorism in J&K, insurgency in North-East and Naxalism in Central India is duly recognized.
Pertinent to mention here that, CRPF has walked a long way since its inception and displayed its bravery time and again. History of the Force is flooded with such examples when its warriors had placed the national interest above their lives and because of their courage, patriotism and devotion to the service of the nation, defended the integrity and sovereignty of the country. We wish many more laurels to the peacekeepers of the nation.
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