NEW DELHI: Two bravehearts of CRPF, Bhrigunandan Chaudhary,
constable of 205 CoBRA and P.R.Mishra, deputy commandant of 203 CoBRA were on
Friday awarded the prestigious Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra respectively, by
President Pranab Mukherjee in a ceremony organized at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Chaudhary was given the award posthumously. His mother
Susheela received the medal on his behalf. Later in the day, the duo was
felicitated by CRPF Dilip Trivedi.
Both were awarded the prestigious gallantry awards for
showing exemplary courage while fighting Maoists in Bihar and Jharkhand.
According to CRPF, constable Chaudhary was leading a group of CRPF men in
Chakarbandha forest area of district Gaya (Bihar) on September 8, 2012. The
group came under attack from Naxals and a gunbattle ensued. Naxals exploded an
IED which critically injured Chaudhary's legs making him immobile. Chaudhary
still dragged himself into a trench from where he kept firing until he bled to
death.
He even assisted his fellow constable Daleep Singh by
changing his gun's magazine and exhorted others to fight fearlessly.
Mishra, who won Shaurya Chakra for neutralising dreaded
Naxal leader Jeetendra alias Jeetu, has received five gallantry awards already.
According to CRPF, a joint operation was launched by CRPF
from September 6-12, 2012 to neutralise naxal groups congregated at Chatra and
Gaya-Palamu trijunction. Mishra formed a core strike group and traversed through
the hostile terrain in a pitch dark night with continuous rainfall. "With
great risk to his life, Mishra crawled towards the target house. Despite being
seriously injured he continued with the assault and as a result the heavily
injured naxals had to flee leaving behind dead body of Jeetendra," said a
senior CRPF officer.
CRPF is also doing a commendable job of ensuring peaceful
elections in the country this year. To date 26 CRPF personnel have died while
37 have been injured during the elctions. In all, the force has recovered 134
IEDs, 60 arms, 548 ammunitions and 860kg of explosives in 53 encounters, till
now in this election.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/CRPF-bravehearts-get-Kirti-Sharya-chakra/articleshow/34546445.cms
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