Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel who killed militants in the Valley without collateral damage, a CRPF head constable who died fighting militants in Kashmir, an SSB constable who kept firing back at Maoists in Jharkhand's Dumka even after sustaining bullet injuries, a BSF constable who took on a Bangladeshi cattle smuggler in West Bengal.
These are among 189 winners of the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) this year.
The lion's share of the gallantry awards has once again been bagged by J&K Police (115 medals), followed by Chhattisgarh Police (10), and Odisha Police (9). Among Central Armed Police Forces, CRPF won 30 gallantry medals, ITBP and SSB bagged three awards each, and BSF personnel received two.
Among theatres, J&K bagged 134 gallantry awards, followed by 47 PMGs going to personnel operating in the LWE theatre. One PMG was awarded for action in the Northeast.
According to J&K Police, three of its operations in 2019-20 in Budgam, Baramulla and Pulwama stood out for valour shown by its men in killing six militants of different terror outfits. The most high-profile of these operations took place in Sopore, Baramulla, where a team comprising Constables Aijaz Ahmed Dar, Nazir Ahmed Lone and Jahangir Hussain Magray killed two “A-category Pakistani LeT terrorists” along with one local operative.
According to their citation, the three were part of the team that approached a two-storey building where militants were hiding and returned fire when the militants…
