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■ Three Indian Army personnel — Lt. Col. K. Singh Rawat, Major Anil Urs and Havildar Alok Kumar Dubey — have been conferred with the prestigious Shaurya Chakra for counter terror operations in J&K.
Three Indian army personnel — Lt Colonel Krishan Singh Rawat, Major Anil Urs and Havildar Alok Kumar Dubey — have been conferred with prestigious Shaurya Chakra for counter terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
Indian Army personnel who have courageously fought Chinese troops in Eastern Ladakh, particularly in Galwan Valley are likely to be given gallantry awards during Republic Day in January. They don’t figure in the gallantry awards list for Independence Day.
Wing Commander Vishak Nair, from the Indian Air Force, has also been conferred with the Shaurya Chakra on the eve of Independence Day.
President Ram Nath Kovind has approved 84 awards and decorations to the Armed Forces personnel and members of the Paramilitary Forces. The awards include one Kirti Chakra, nine Shaurya Chakras, five Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 60 Sena Medals (Gallantry), four Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) and five Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry).
Major Anil, from Maratha Light Infantry, laid an ambush on receiving intelligence that terrorists were planning to infiltrate from across the LoC. On spotting the group of terrorists Maj Anil brought down effective fire killing three terrorists. Lt Colonel Rawat, Sena Medal, from the elite Special Forces, was team leader of a mission oriented team, deployed along the LoC in J&K for conduct of counter infiltration and counter terrorist operations. He and his team killed 4 terrorists during the operation.
Havildar Alok, from Rajput Regiment 44 battalion of the Rashtriya Rifles, was deployed as a stop in the inner cordon during an operation last year in June. His courageous action led to elimination of four terrorists.