Three terrorists were killed at the end of the violent siege and a lethal cache of weapons and ammunition was recovered from them. "Operation Lethpora was one of the most daunting and challenging operations and it was replete with numerous challenges, including logistical constraints, the enormous and knotty terrain, including rescue of scores of trapped force personnel in the buildings and overcoming of the initial casualities," the citation said. The midnight attack on the 131-acre camp, that had inadequate perimeter security owning to ongoing construction, went on for over 36 hours during which five men of the paramilitary force were killed. While Constable Sharief-ud-din Ganaie and Head Constable Mohd Tafail got the PPMG posthumously for displaying raw grit and courage during the December 30 last year suicide attack on their camp in Lethpora (Awantipora district), eight of their colleagues were decorated with the PMG for the same operation. It also got 89 Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG) making the highest tally of these citations for it during any Independence Day. The country's largest paramilitary force, with over three lakh personnel in its ranks, got the highest of these bravery medals and only its personnel were chosen amongst all the forces for the top notch President's Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG). "Head constable Baban laid down his life for the cause of the nation in the treacherous gunfire," the citation said.
Head constable A S Krishna, constables K Dinesh Raja and Prafulla Kumar of the 45th battalion of the force were decorated with the Shaurya Chakra for their gallant act of thwarting a suicide attack on their camp in Sumbal in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district on June 5 last year.Īs the troops were alert and prepared, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team eliminated the four terrorists and finished the operation in quick 45 minutes, the citation for the operation read.ĭeputy Commandant K S Chahar and constable D Ravindra Baban (posthumously) of the 182nd battalion of the force won the military medal (Shaurya Chakra) for their brave act of thwarting a similar attack by three militants on the district police line camp in Pulwama on August 26 last year. Daredevilry in counter-terrorism operations in the Kashmir Valley, including the Lethpora and Sumbal camp attacks, earns the CRPF the highest number of gallantry medals - 96 - this Independence Day, including five Shaurya Chakras, the third highest peacetime bravery award.
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