Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 14: Five CRPF men who displayed exemplary courage while eliminating terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir are among 75 awardees of the Force for gallantry medals.
Kirti Chakra awardee Harshpal Singh, a courageous officer of CRPF scripted a saga of unmatched audacity on the 12th and 13th of September 2018 when he, alongwith his teammates could eliminate three dreaded terrorists of JeM in J&K. Dheerti village under Jhajhar Kotli, Jammu is witness to the indefatigable resolve of Mr Singh, his buddy Shaurya Chakra awardee Constable Zaker Hussain and the rest of the team mates to pin down and eliminate three heavily armed foreign militants. Both these brave hearts took bullets and grenade splinters of the terrorists yet held their ground till they gunned down all the three terrorists hiding behind in a house.
Similarly, the other Shaurya Chakra awardee Sable Dneshwaryan Shriram, a constable with the 53 Bn of CRPF rose to the benchmark bravery of the Force when he took the lead in neutralizing two evil-minded terrorists at Kralhar under Baramulla police station area of Jammu and Kashmir. He was on Naka duty on the Srinagar- Baramulla road when the policemen, checking the vehicles were caught off guard by the sudden firing by two men from one such vehicle on 19th October 2018. Constable Shriram, showing exemplary courage and tact not only hit one of the terrorists from close range but also chased the other armed militant and eliminated him too.
Yet another story of grit and courage relates to Loukrakpam Ibomcha Singh, Assistant Comman-dant and Saheed Constable Mohd Majahid Khan, both of whom have been awarded the prestigious President’s Police Medals for Gallantry. It was on the 12th and 13th of February 2018 in Karan Nagar in Srinagar that the daring duo, alongwith their teammates had a deadly brush with 2 armed terrorists of LeT. The target was to eliminate them who were resorting to indiscriminate firing and grenade blast by hiding in an under-construction building. The mission that started on the 12th February had to drag itself through a stormy day and an entire night of snowfall before culminating in the elimination of both the terrorists, the day after. While Mr Singh was instrumental in decimating both the terrorists, Constable Khan also showed extreme determination and dedication to duty when he, despite his injuries, kept on engaging the terrorists before succumbing to his injuries.
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