Amongst R-Day awardees: CRPF guy who attempted to forestall Pulwama bomber; Hathras probe officer

The ITBP IG negotiating with Chinese language PLA in Ladakh, a CRPF ASI who chased and fired on the bomb-laden automotive that killed 40 safety group of workers within the 2019 Pulwama assault, and two CBI officials who supervised probes into the Hathras gangrape-and-murder and the Jammu and Kashmir Roshni Act circumstances are amongst greater than 900 awardees of gallantry and repair medal awards this Republic Day.

The J&Okay Police amongst state police forces and the CRPF amongst central armed police forces (CAPFs) have as soon as once more cornered the lion’s percentage of gallantry medals. Of the 205 Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG) this 12 months, J&Okay has bagged 52, whilst CRPF has been conferred 68. BSF has bagged 20 such medals.

Whilst Delhi ranks 2nd within the record of states with 17 medals, Maharashtra is a detailed 3rd with 13.

ITBP IG Deepam Seth, who heads the power’s North West Frontier, is one of the 89 recipients of the President’s Police Medal for Prominent Provider. An IPS officer of the Uttarakhand cadre, Seth has been a part of all Corps Commander degree conferences held between Indian and Chinese language forces since June remaining 12 months in Ladakh as a consultant of the Ministry of House Affairs — the remaining Corps Commander degree talks to ease the placement in Jap Ladakh have been hung on Sunday. He additionally led the power within the rescue of Military infantrymen throughout the Galwan conflict in June remaining 12 months, and was once additionally a part of operations when Indian forces made a pre-emptive transfer at the South Financial institution of Pangong Tso in August-September, 2020 and took sure positive positions at Rezang L. a..

Best two President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) were conferred this 12 months, with one awarded to Jharkhand Police ASI Banua Oraon for an anti-Maoist operation in 2018 and the opposite to CRPF’s ASI Mohan Lal for his try to save you the 2019 Pulwama assault. Each died whilst appearing their tasks.

Consistent with CRPF, On February 14, 2019, when the assault happened, ASI Mohan Lal of the 110 bttn was once the wood commander of the street opening party at Lethpora in Pulwama at the Jammu–Srinagar Nationwide Freeway. At about 3.10 pm, Lal spotted a automotive working along the CRPF convoy passing during the house and attempting to go into between the convoy automobiles.

“Lal sensed one thing suspicious and rushed to forestall the suspicious automobile. Lal signalled and chased the auto to forestall, however may just no longer fit the auto’s pace. In the long run, discovering no different possibility, he fired in opposition to the suspicious automotive to forestall, however the automotive rammed into a close-by working CRPF bus, and an enormous blast happened,” Lal’s quotation learn.

The blast killed 40 CRPF group of workers, together with Lal.

CBI Joint Administrators Sampat Meena and Vineet Vinayak are amongst six officials from the company who’ve been awarded Prominent Provider medals.

Heading the Lucknow department of the CBI, Meena supervised investigations into the Hathras case the place a Dalit lady was once allegedly gangraped and murdered by means of higher caste males remaining 12 months. Meena’s group not too long ago filed a chargesheet in opposition to the accused. She may be mentioned to have supervised investigations into the rape case in opposition to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for a while.

Vineet Vinayak, who’s lately heading the Chandigarh unit of the CBI, has supervised investigations into the alleged Roshni land rip-off in Jammu and Kashmir. The J&Okay management has alleged that high influential political households in Kashmir, together with that of Farooq Abdullah and a number of other most sensible PDP leaders, have encroached on executive land.

As many as 24 different officials of the company were conferred meritorious provider medals.

With the exception of this, 73 group of workers from fire products and services were awarded Fireplace Provider Medals.