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सं. 17] नई दिल्ली, शनिवार, अप्रैल 29—मई 5, 2017 (वैशाख 9, 1939)

No. 17] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, APRIL 29—MAY 5, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939)

इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके

(Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation)

विषय-सूची

पृष्ठ सं.

भाग I—खण्ड-1—(रक्षा मंत्रालय को छोड़कर) भारत सरकार के मंत्रालयों और उच्चतम न्यायालय द्वारा जारी की गई विधितर नियमों, विनियमों, आदेशों तथा संकल्पों से सम्बन्ध्ति अध्सिूचनाएं. .............. 411 भाग I—खण्ड-2—(रक्षा मंत्रालय को छोड़कर) भारत सरकार के मंत्रालयों और उच्चतम न्यायालय द्वारा जारी की गई सरकारी अधिकारियों की नियुक्तियों, पदोन्नतियों, छुट्टियों आदि के सम्बन्ध् में अध्सिूचनाएं. .............................................. 355 भाग I—खण्ड-3—रक्षा मंत्रालय द्वारा जारी किए गए संकल्पों और असांविधिक आदेशों के सम्बन्ध में अध्सिूचनाएं. .............................................. 3 भाग I—खण्ड-4—रक्षा मंत्रालय द्वारा जारी की गई सरकारी अधिकारियों की नियुक्तियों, पदोन्नतियों, छुट्टियों आदि के सम्बन्ध में अध्सिूचनाएं. ..... 397 भाग II—खण्ड-1—अधिनियम, अध्यादेश और विनियम. ............ [ भाग II—खण्ड-1क—अधिनियमों, अध्यादेशों और विनियमों का हिन्दी भाषा में प्राधिकृत पाठ. ................. [ भाग II—खण्ड-2—विधेयक तथा विधेयकों पर प्रवर समितियों के बिल तथा रिपोर्ट. ................................... [ भाग II—खण्ड-3—उप खण्ड (i)—भारत सरकार के मंत्रालयों (रक्षा मंत्रालय को छोड़कर) और केन्द्रीय प्राधिकरणों (संघ शासित क्षेत्रों के प्रशासनों को छोड़कर) द्वारा जारी किए गए सामान्य सांविध्कि नियम (जिनमें सामान्य स्वरूप के आदेश और उपविधियां आदि भी शामिल हैं). ................... [ भाग II—खण्ड-3—उप खण्ड (ii)—भारत सरकार के मंत्रालयोेंं (रक्षा मंत्रालय को छोड़कर) और केन्द्रीय प्राधिकरणों (संघ शासित क्षेत्रों के प्रशासनों को [आंकड़े प्राप्त नहीं हुए।

1—41 GI/2017

पृष्ठ सं.

छोड़कर) द्वारा जारी किए गए सांविधिक आदेश और अधिसूचनाएं. ............................ [ भाग II—खण्ड-3—उप खण्ड (iii)—भारत सरकार के मंत्रालयोेंं (जिसमें रक्षा मंत्रालय भी शामिल है) और केन्द्रीय प्राधिकरणों (संघ शासित क्षेत्रों के प्रशासनों को छोड़कर) द्वारा जारी किए गए सामान्य सांविधिक नियमों और सांविधिक आदेशों (जिनमें सामान्य स्वरूप की उपविध्यिां भी शामिल हैं) के हिन्दी प्राधिकृत पाठ (ऐसे पाठों को छोड़कर जो भारत के राजपत्र के खण्ड 3 या खण्ड 4 में प्रकाशित होते हैं). .................................................... * भाग II—खण्ड-4—रक्षा मंत्रालय द्वारा जारी किए गए सांविधिक नियम और आदेश. ...................................... * भाग III—खण्ड-1—उच्च न्यायालयों, नियंत्रक और महालेखापरीक्षक, संघ लोक सेवा आयोग, रेल विभाग और भारत सरकार से सम्बद्ध और अधीनस्थ कार्यालयों द्वारा जारी की गई अध्सिूचनाएं. .............................................. 953 भाग III—खण्ड-2—पेटेंट कार्यालय द्वारा जारी की गई पेटेन्टों और डिजाइनों से सम्बन्धित अधिसूचनाएं और नोटिस [ भाग III—खण्ड-3—मुख्य आयुक्तों के प्राधिकार के अधीन अथवा द्वारा जारी की गई अध्सिूचनाएं. ......... [ भाग III—खण्ड-4—विविध अधिसूचनाएं जिनमें सांविधिक निकायों द्वारा जारी की गई अधिसूचनाएं, आदेश, विज्ञापन और नोटिस शामिल हैं. ................................ 51 भाग IV—गैर-सरकारी व्यक्तियों और गैर-सरकारी निकायों द्वारा जारी किए गए विज्ञापन और नोटिस. .... 759 भाग V—अंग्रेजी और हिन्दी दोनों में जन्म और मृत्यु के आंकड़ों को दर्शाने वाला सम्पूरक. ............................ [

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CONTENTS

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PART I—SECTION 1—Notifications relating to Non- Statutory Rules, Regulations, Orders and Resolutions issued by the Ministries of the Government of India (other than the

411 Ministry of Defence) and by the Supreme Court ......................................................... PART I—S ECTION 2—Notifications regarding Appointments, Promotions, Leave etc. of Government Officers issued by the Ministries of the Government of India

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3 (other than the Ministry of Defence) and by the Supreme Court ............................... PART I—SECTION 3—Notifications relating to Resolutions and Non-Statutory Orders issued by the Ministry of Defence....................................

PART I—S ECTION 4—Notifications regarding

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* Appointments, Promotions, Leave etc. of Government Officers issued by the Ministry of Defence ................................................ PART II—SECTION 1—Acts, Ordinances and Regulations PART II—SECTION 1A—Authoritative texts in Hindi language, of Acts, Ordinances and

Regulations ............................................... *

PART II—SECTION 2—Bills and Reports of the Select

* Committee on Bills ................................... PART II—S ECTION 3—SUB-SECTION (i)—General Statutory Rules (including Orders, Bye- laws, etc. of general character) issued by the

* Ministry of the Government of India (other than the Ministry of Defence) and by the Central Authorities (other than the Administration of Union Territories) ........ PART II—SECTION 3—SUB-SECTION (ii)—Statutory Orders and Notifications issued by the

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PART II—SECTION 3—SUB-SECTION (iii)—Authoritative texts in Hindi (other than such texts, published in Section 3 or Section 4 of the Gazette of India) of General Statutory Rules

& Statutory Orders (including Bye-laws of a general character) issued by the Ministries of the Government of India (including the Ministry of Defence) and by Central Authorities (other than Administration of Union Territories) .........

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PART III—SECTION 1—Notifications issued by the High Courts, the Comptroller and Auditor

953 General, Union Public Service Commission, the Indian Government Railways and by Attached and Subordinate Offices of the Government of India .................................

PART III—SECTION 2—Notifications and Notices issued by the Patent Office, relating to Patents and Designs ............................................. *

PART III—SECTION 3—Notifications issued by or under the authority of Chief Commissioners ...... *

PART III—SECTION 4—Miscellaneous Notifications including Notifications, Orders, Advertisements and Notices issued by

51 Statutory Bodies .......................................

PART IV—Advertisements and Notices issued by Private

759 Individuals and Private Bodies .................

PART V—Supplement showing Statistics of Births and

Deaths etc. both in English and Hindi ......

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PRESIDENT'S SECRETARIAT

New Delhi, the 13th April 2017

No. 46-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Andhra Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. S. Sreedhar Raja,

Assistant Commandant

02. U.Lakshmana,

Senior Commando

03. M. Surya Teja,

Junior Commando

04. J. Rambabu,

Junior Commando

05. B. Naga Karthik,

Sub Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On credible information from SP/OSD, Visakhapatnam Rural that 15-20 armed cadre of CPI (Maoists) were moving in area of Edulabanda, Gorrelagondi & Palasamudram Villages under Mampa PS limits, Koyyuru Mandal, Visakhapatnam district planning to indulge in violence, three (03) Greyhounds assault units were deployed to search and apprehend the Maoists.

After the briefing, Assault unit (comprising above personnel and other) of Greyhounds were dropped in the outskirts of Jangalatota Village on 03.05.2016. They trekked through inhospitable terrain in the night amidst thick jungle, ridden with land mines and infested with armed militia. On 04.05.2016 at 1800 hrs, the unit under Sri S. Sreedhar Raja. Assistant Commandant identified the hideout of Maoist to the Northeast of Palasamudram Village of Mampa PS limits. While the unit personnel were observing the area for confirmation, the maoist sentry identified the police movement and opened fire on party with an intention to kill the police personnel. Sri. S Sreedhar Raja guided the team members to take cover from fire and outflank the Maoist camp. The Maoists disregarded the calls of police to surrender and continued to fire against the policy party with automatic weapons like AK-47, SLR, INSAS, etc. Braving the bullets and IEDs, the above police personnel spearheaded their team with exemplary commitment and advanced forward to apprehend the Maoists. The police personnel thrust forward through dense foliage, from low ground to steep heights and chased the Maoists through a deep Nala while the other unit members formed in to cut-off teams. The fire opened in self-defense by the police personnel, resulted in death of 02 male and 01 female hard core Maoists and led to recovery of AK-47 Rifle- 01, SLR weapons-02, Pistol-01, Magazines- 04,186 Rounds of various ammunitions, Directional IEDs, Day Binocular - 01, etc. The deceased were identified as 1) Azad @ Gopal ACM (adhoc DCM), 2) Anand ACM and 3) Kamala ACM.

This act of extreme bravery, presence of mind under extremely hostile situation and employing effective tactics in tough terrain led to one of the biggest setbacks dealt to the notorious AOBSZC Maoists.

In this encounter, S/Shri S. Sreedhar Raja, Assistant Commandant, U. Lakshmana, Senior Commando, M. Surya Teja, Junior Commando, J. Rambabu, Junior Commando and B. Naga Karthik, Sub Inspector, displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 04/05/2016.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty

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No. 47-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Andhra Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. K. Ananda Reddy,

Dy. Superintendent of Police464 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 02. M. Naveen Kumar,

Junior Commando

03. K. Udaya Kumar,

Junior Commando

04. G Maheswara Rao, Junior Commando

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

SP East Godavari District and Sri K.Ananda Reddy, DSP, SIB received reliable information on assembling, of about 20 Sabari Area Committee Maoists in the forest near Mallampeta village under Chintoor PS, East Godavari district to commit offences. The Greyhounds Assault unit lead by Sri Raiu, DAC and Sri G. Maheshwara Rao, JC was detailed to search and apprehend the Maoists on 27.12.2015. The terrain in the operational area at a distance of 19 KMs from the nearest AOP is very hard, covered with thick thorny bushes, steep heights, deep gorges & Nalas and remained as impregnable den for Maoist cadres with overwhelming support of many sympathizers.

Greyhounds party observed the group of around 20 Maoists in olive-green uniform armed with deadly weapons at a distance half kilometer from their location on 28.12.2015 at 1400 hrs. The unit in-charge G. Raju. DAC and K.Anand Reddy, Dy. S.P, SIB with a determination to either arrest or neutralize them, advanced tactically by dividing the unit into 3 teams and asked the Maoists to surrender. The Maoists observed the Police and opened indiscriminate fire with automatic weapons like AK-47, INSAS, LMG, etc..

Sri. K. Ananda Reddy, Dy. SP led the main firing group and he was joined by M. Naveen Kumar, JC, K.V. Udaya Kumar, JC and G. Maheswara Rao, JC. Apart from self-defense, they showed great courage, exemplary commitment and led their team with effective retaliation- -fire. The exchange of fire continued for up to 10 minutes. The Maoists could not withstand the retaliation from the police party and -escaped into dense forest. The timely retaliation and brave act of above police party saved the lives of other Commandos. After seizing the fire, the policy team searched the area and found the dead body of Kalma Chukka Nagesh, Secretary, Sabari Area Committee and one pistol with ammunition was recovered. The deceased was extremely notorious, involved in 30 cases of violence, including the murder of at least 15 innocent people and tried to attack security personnel on multiple occasions.

The police personnel courageously braved the volley of bullets of Maoists in spite of initially being pinned down by their burst fire. These police personnel retaliated with exemplary tactical movement and -fire, resulting in the death of (01) dreaded Maoist and also saved the lives of other Commandos of the unit.

In this encounter, S/Shri K. Ananda Reddy, Dy. Superintendent of Police, M. Naveen Kumar, Junior Commando, K. Udaya Kumar, Junior Commando and G. Maheswara Rao, Junior Commando, displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 28/12/2015.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty

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No. 48-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Andhra Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Kondrathi Sreenivasa Rao,

ARPC

02. Thotapalli Surya Prakash,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

Sri K. Srinivasa Rao, ARPC and Sri T. Suryaprakash, CT Guntur district are members of the police party. Sri. K. Sreenivasa Rao played important role in collection of information. T. Surya Prakash, CT lead the party to the place of stay of Maoist party.

On receipt of information of Nallamala Forest Committee Cadre, planned combing Operation in Pelutla forest of Yerragondlapalem PS limits, Prakasam district. When the party reached Murari Kuruva, on 19.06.2014, In charge of officer noticed some Armed dalam members wear Olive Green Dress. Then officer immediately divided party into 3 groups for action. While reaching the enemy, the enemy also noticed the Police party and opened fire. The In-charge officer warned them to surrender, but they did not care and continued firing indiscriminately with automatic weapons. The above police personnel retaliated without caring for their lives, used all field tactic movements. In the incident, one Male Maoist, who was firing on the Police party was killed. When other Maoists started firing, on the police party then the above police personnel very daringly entered the open area risking their lives and fired on the Maoists. After completion of firing they found 3 dead bodies in the area and also recovered 1- AK 47 Rifle, 1- 7.62 SLR, 1- .303 Rifle, 1- 30 mm Carbine in Cr.No. 61/2014 of Yerragondapalem PS of Prakasam District.

By the daring action of both the police personnel Maoist party is neutralized in the area. The Police party saved from the indiscriminate firing of the Maoists by the risk taking and daring successfully operation of these police personnel.

In this encounter, S/Shri Kondrathi Sreenivasa Rao, ARPC and Thotapalli Surya Prakash, Constable, displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 19/06/2014.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty

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No. 49-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Andhra Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri P.S.G. Pavan Kumar, Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 17.06.2015 specific inputs were received about a meeting being planned by CPI Maoists in the Gobarpada forest area for targeting the security forces and vital Govt. installations. An anti- Maoist/search operation was planned to counter the Maoists involving district special parties .The units were briefed at 1300 hrs same day regarding the target and objective of operation besides the contingency plan. Consequently the troops successfully negotiating through the tough terrain and heavy downpour, reached the target location which is situated deep inside the jungle. The operational parities sustained themselves for three nights in the jungles.

In the morning of 20.06.2015, District Special party (CAP 11) consisting of 24 commandos and led by PSG Pavan Kumar, Constable moved closer to the target area amidst heavy downpour and low visibility. At around 0800 hours, there was a sudden outburst of fire upon the Police parties that prompted immediate evasive action. The firing was indiscriminate and relentless threatening heavy damage to Police parties. At this juncture, PSG Pavan Kumar, Constable displaying exemplary courage and selflessness, crawled his way out of the killing zone and fired back at the Maoists. His brave action not only motivated others to follow suit but also successfully broke the stranglehold of the Maoists. He was ably supported by other members of the team and they were able to thwart the enemy attack during the prolonged gun battle that lasted for more than twenty minutes. Unable to withstand the intense counter action by the Police parties, Maoists fled away from the exchange of fire scene. The audacious action of PSG Pavan Kumar, Constable and the team resulted in successfully neutralizing the enemy threat without suffering any damage which otherwise appeared imminent at the time of attack.

The post-incident search resulted in recovery of a dead body of an unidentified male Maoist in uniform (later identified as Suryam, Gumma Area Committee, MKB Division, AOB SZC), along with one .303 weapon and grenade. Further search of the area, yielded 10 Kitbags, 4 hand grenades, 2 Motorola Walkie-Talkies. Apart from the arms and ammunition, huge quantities of medicine, water cans, uniforms, magazine pouch etc., were also recovered. The recoveries established the presence of Maoist leaders of Gumma Area Committee, MVKB Division, AOB SZC. The parties were then directed to exit in smaller groups to avoid any attack while on retreat.

PSG Pavan Kumar, Constable along with others showed highest levels of commitment and bravery in countering the relentless fire from the Maoists. He exhibited sharp tactical skills and exemplary team spirit in dangerous circumstances. His actions inspired the team not only to withstand the enemy onslaught but also to convert the adverse situation into the one of glory, without conceding any casualty.

In this encounter, Shri P.S.G. Pavan Kumar, Constable, displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 20/06/2015.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty

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No. 50-Pres/2017-The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Assam Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Ratul Nunisa, (Posthumously) Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 05/06/2014, acting on a tip off regarding movement of armed militants, Late Nityananda Goswami, APS, the then Supdt. of Police, Hamren along with 18 others arranged to launch a raid and search operation in a hilly and jungle village named Rumphum area. The Police team was divided into three groups - first two groups conducted search and raid operation while last group consisting Shri Nityananda Goswami himself and his protection team of 5 (five) personnel including Ratul Nunisa stationed themselves near the alighting point. An encounter took place between a large group of heavily armed militant and the search parties which were around three kilometer away from the party of Shri Goswami and encounter continued for about two hours. After that another encounter took place between the militants and the police party led by Shri. Goswami. After sometime Shri Goswami and his team retreated. Because of low mobility of Shri Goswami due to his age (59 years), it was very difficult for him to make tactical movements fast and also to retreat. The other team members did not take this fact into consideration and they retreated very fast with disregard to the age and ability of their protectee. Ratul Nunisa, Constable could have also followed them. But he chose otherwise. Despite great threat due to continuous firing by the militants from the back side, Ratul Nunisa chose to position himself between the militants and his protectee. When Shri Goswami came under heavy firing by the militants, it was Ratul Nunisa only who, inspite of knowing the great threat to his personal safety because of immobility on the part of his protectee, fought bravely with the militants and tried to save Shri Goswami. He remained undeterred, displaying grit and raw courage with utter disregard to his personal safety during the entire period of fierce gun battle that took place thereafter. He alone could prevent the entire group of militant for around half an hour time from advancing towards Shri Goswami. After continued firing by him all alone for around half an hour to save Shri Goswami, his ammunitions were exhausted and his rifle was hit by bullets of militants making it unserviceable. He had the option of taking a safe exit from the place much earlier with total disregard to the safety of his protectee. But he did not retreat leaving behind his protectee in the middle of the blazing guns of the militants. Having no option left to save Shri Goswami, he gave a body cover like a shield to protect Shri Goswami from being hit by bullets. In his brave attempt to protect Shri Goswami from the fire of the militant, he made the supreme sacrifice. Amongst all the other five personnel who accompanied Shri Goswami, he was the only one who showed exemplary courage and dutifulness and tried to save his protectee till his last bullet and breathe.

In this encounter, Late Shri Ratul Nunisa, Constable, displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 05/06/2014.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty

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No. 51-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Assam Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Sunil Kumar, IPS,

Superintendent of PolicePART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 467 02. Birdhan Doley,

Sub-Inspector

03. Pinku Das, Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 27/09/2014 a secret information was received by Shri Sunil Kumar, IPS, Supdt. of Police, Kokrajhar about movement of 30-40 heavily armed NDFB cadres under the command of SS C-in-C B. Bidai in Ripu Reserve forest areas under Kachugaon Police Station. The main intention of the cadres was to attack security forces and create terror among people. Shri Sunil Kumar, IPS, Supdt. of Police, Kokrajhar further developed this input and found that the NDFB cadres will cross Hel river to enter in Gossaigaon area with a motive to attack police/security forces. On this, Police and Army launched joint operation under the overall command of Shri Sunil Kumar, IPS, Supdt. of Police, Kokrajhar and took a long overnight walk on broken grounds along that Hel river in difficult terrain and inclement weather. On 28-09-2014 at about 8 AM, a group of heavily armed NDFB cadres was noticed by Shri Sunil Kumar, ABSI Birdhan Doley and PSO ABC Pinku Das. On seeing the Police, the NDFB terrorists started indiscriminate firing with their automatic sophisticated weapons towards Police with an intention to kill Superintendent of Police, Shri Sunil Kumar and other security personnel. Shri Sunil Kumar took position immediately and started firing exposing himself to the risk of terrorist firing. His fearless and prompt reaction galvanized other police and army personnel and they also started firing towards terrorist. Shri Sunil Kumar and ABSI Birdhan Doley as well as ABC Pinku Das displaying conspicuous courage and unmindful of their own safety quickly readjusted their positions amidst heavy fire and closed in on the extremists and prevented them to escape. This resulted into fierce encounter which lasted for about an hour. Some terrorist tried to escape under the cover of vegetation but Shri Sunil Kumar and his team chased the fleeing militants. After stoppage of firing from the terrorist side, the whole area was thoroughly searched. During search the four bullet ridden bodies of NDFB(S) terrorist alongwith one AK-56 rifle, two 7.65 mm pistol, one 9 mm pistol, three hand grenades, 26 live rounds of ammunitions, 04 mobile sets and many incriminating documents were recovered. Later on the NDFB(S) terrorists were identified as (1) Naisrang Goyary @ Bikkhang (22 years) S/o Chabiram Goyary, Vill- Thaisoguri, PS- Kochugaon, District- Kokrajhar (2) Mahan Basumatary (20 yrs), S/o Kabiram Basumatary, vill- Padmabil, PS- Serfanguri, Dist-Kokrajhar, (3) Dansrang Basumatary (20 years), S/o – Ranit Basumatary, vill- Padmabil. PS- Sefanguri, Dist- Kokrajhar and (4) Loharu Brahma (20 yrs), S/o Dandeswar Brahma, vill- Kapurgaon, PS- Serfanguri, Dist.-Kokrajhar.

In this encounter, S/Shri Sunil Kumar, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Birdhan Doley, Sub-Inspector and Pinku Das, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 28/09/2014.

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No. 52-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Chhattisgarh Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Omprakash Sen,

Platoon Commander

02. Sitaram Kunjam, (Posthumously)

Constable

03. Payku Poyami, (Posthumously)

Constable

04. Motiram Telam, (Posthumously)

Assistant Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

Based on specific intelligence inputs received from the office of IG SIB, PHQ, Raipur and IG Bastar Range Jagdalpur about the presence of the large number of naxal cadres alongwith some prominent naxal leader Chandranna, Kamlu468 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 & Hemla Masa in the village Jappemarka under PS Mirtur, district Bijapur. On 16.05.2015 at around 03.35 hrs, a joint party (comprising of 42 men STF TF-16 led by Shri Om Prakash Sen, PC, 47 men of TF-13 led by HC Santosh Baghel, 60 men of DEF led by SI Santosh Gawde and Shri Pradeep Bisen - total 149 personnel) under the over all command of Shri K.L. Dhruwa, S.P. Bijapur left from Protected Center Bijapur.

As per the planning after dominating the area of villages Jewram, Bardela, Tugali Potenar and Hallur, they rested in villages Hallur and Paamra for night. The operation party left the place of rest in the early hours of 17.05.2015 at around 08:00 hrs while the police party was advancing towards crossing near hill area of village Jappemarka, CPI (Maoist) cadres attacked the police party. The naxalites opened indiscriminate fire on the party with the intention to kill the police personnel and loot their weapons. Although the naxals mounted a surprise attack on the police party. In retaliation, PC Om Prakash Sen, Constable Sitaram Kunjam, Asstt. Constable Payaku Poyam and Motiram alongwith their team started firing in self defense and naxals were asked to surrender but they continued to fire on the police parties. During the exchange of fire Constable Sitaram Kunjam, Constable Payku Poyam and Constable Motiram sustained bullet injuries. Inspite of their injuries all the three Constables along with PC Om Prakash Sen and other police personnel bravely fought with the naxalites and forced to retreat. The naxals fled away in the jungle by taking advantage of thick forest and undulating ground. After the exchange of fire, thorough search of incident site was conducted. During the search, dead body of two male unknown naxal along with 02 nos. Magazines of AK-47 (one damaged), 27 nos. live cartridge, 04 nos. miss round, 01 Bayonet, 09 nos. UBGL grenade with pouch, 02 nos. Mobile, one 12 bore gun and one 12 Bore gun with 31 nos. live rounds, one direction of bomb, one radio, one calculator, one pouch, cash Rs. 1,69,000/-, naxalite literature and other naxal related items were recovered.

During this action, Shri Om Prakash Sen, PC provided exemplary leadership to his troops at the hour of crisis. When his party was attacked by naxals, he exhibited great presence of mind and superb operational sense. Shri Om Prakash Sen, PC fought without caring for his life. He motivated his men to defend each other, under his able guidance and leadership, the police personnel kept moving forward to counter the naxal attack, knowing fully well that every step could have been fatal. The exemplary courage, lion hearted effort and gallant action without caring their life, in service of the Nation Shri Om Prakash Sen, PC Late Constable Sitaram Kunjam, Late Asstt. Constable Payku Poyami and Asstt. Constable Motiram Telam and has brought laurels to the Chhattisgarh Police.

In this encounter, S/Shri Omprakash Sen, Platoon Commander, Late Sitaram Kunjam, Constable, Late Payku Poyami, Constable and Late Motiram Telam, Assistant Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 17/05/2015.

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No. 53-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Chhattisgarh Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Pankaj Suryawanshi, (Posthumously)

Constable

02. Ramesh Kumar Nag,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 30th May 2014, under the guidance of Superintendent of Police of Narayanpur district anti-naxalite operation was launched in the Chhote Tondebeda Aader forest area. The operational team was constituted of both DEF and CAF personnel and was led by Sub Inspector Prasant Nag. Around 40 to 45 uniformed armed naxalites who were in a pre planned ambush for the police party opened indiscriminate firing on the Police personnel with an intention to kill the men and loot their weapon.

The Police personnel disclosed their identify and warned the naxalites to surrender themselves. Inspite of repeated warning, the naxalites continued to indiscriminately fire on Police personnel. The Police party commander instructed his men to make tactful movement to cordon the naxalites and also to open fire in self defense. The Police party bravely fought with the naxalites and forced them to retreat back. During the exchange of fire, Constables Pankaj Surywanshi and Ramesh KumarPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 469 Nag sustained bullet injuries. But both the constable exhibited an exemplary act of courage and fought with the armed naxalites and defended their team members and also forced the naxalites to retreat back. Nearly after 45 minutes, the naxalites fled into the nearby forest area taking advantage of dense foliage and difficult terrain condition. The injured constable were evacuated to the nearest hospital for treatment. The Spot was searched after the exchange of fire and 05 empty cases of 7.62 SLR round fired by naxalites were recovered. It was evident from the spot that the naxalites were forced to retreat from the spot carrying their injured party members along with them. Later, Constable Pankaj Suryawanshi succumbed to his injuries and made supreme sacrifice in the service of the nation.

The determination and exceptional courage exhibited by the Police personnel in general and late constable Pankaj Suryawanshi and injured constable Ramesh Kumar Nag would always serve as an inspiration for the Police Force in their service towards the nation.

The conspicuous gallant act and bravery exhibited by Late Pankaj Suryawanshi and Constable Ramesh Kumar Nag has not only saved the lives of many other Police personnel involved in this operation but also inflicted a heavy blow to the naxalites involved in anti-national activities in that area.

In this encounter, S/Shri Late Pankaj Suryawanshi, Constable and Ramesh Kumar Nag, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 30/05/2014.

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No. 54-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Chhattisgarh Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Chanakya Nag, Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

Keeping in view of PLGA week Observed by naxals and increased naxal activities in the general areas under PS Gangloor, including Savnaar, Kurcholi, Munga etc., one joint team of DEF and STF was sent for patrolling and search on 07/12/2014 under command Inspector Chanakya Nag of DEF Bijapur.

On 08/12/2014, while the party was moving from Kurcholi to Munga at about 17:00 hrs naxals who were sitting in a pre-planned ambush started indiscriminate heavy fire on force. Police personnel immediately took position and asked naxal to surrender but they intensified the fire to kill and loot weapons. Sensing the grave danger to his men, Inspector Chanakya Nag took the bold and courageous step to lead a ferocious counter attack. Putting his life in danger, he moved forward firing on naxal position. Adopting fire and move tactics, he bravely led his troops ignoring the heavy naxal fire. Some men also moved forward with him and they counter attacked the naxal from flanks. Surprised by the tactical movement and gallant action of troops, naxal fled leaving behind dead bodies of two hardcore collegues, two weapons and other items. The leadership, tactical acumen, courageous gallant action of Inspector Chanakya Nag not only saved the lives of his men but also led to a spectacular achievement.

Recovery:

01 No. SLR rifle, 01 No. Bharmar rifle, 02 Nos. Magzine, 33 Nos. SLR live rounds, 01 No. Pressure IED, 01 No. Hand Grenade, 08 Nos. Detonator, 06 Nos. A.K-47 Empty case, 34 Nos. SLR Empty case, 02 Nos pittu, 01 No. DVD Player, Cordex Wire, naxal literature, etc was recovered.

In this encounter, Shri Chanakya Nag, Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 08/12/2014.

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NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

S/Shri

01. Shiv Kumar,

Inspector

02. Chander Vir Singh,

Assistant Sub Inspector

03. Ravi Dutt, Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 19th August, 2014, a specific information was received that Firoz @ Fauzi s/o Irshad r/o Dabur Ka Talaab, Bengali Peer, Loni, Ghaziabad, UP who was wanted in the sensational murder of police constable of Delhi Police Shivraj Tomar on 14th July, 2014, would come to meet his associate on Sonia Vihar Pusta.

Accordingly, a trap was laid at the vantage points for his apprehension. At around 5 AM, Firoz @ Fauzi was spotted on Pushta Road on a Yamaha RX100 motorcycle having registration number UP-16-A-0730. Police team tried to flag him down and asked to surrender to the police. Finding himself surrounded by the police team, Firoz @ Fauzi whipped out his pistol and fired twice at the police team. One bullet hit Insp. Shiv Kumar on his bullet proof jacket while another hit the Gypsy. The police team also retaliated in self defense and to desist the criminal. The accused sustained bullet injuries and was removed to GTB hospital where he was declared brought dead. One .32 pistol with two live cartridges were recovered from the spot. Five more live cartridges were recovered by doctor from his pocket when he was taken to hospital. This operation led to an end of criminal activities of the deceased gangster who was involved in 23 sensational cases of murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping for ransom, robbery, extortion etc. in U.P. and Delhi. A case FIR No. 381 dated 19.08.2014 u/s 186/353/307 IPC and 25/27 Arms Act of this effect was registered at PS Sonia Vihar, Delhi.

In this encounter, S/Shri Shiv Kumar, Inspector, Chander Vir Singh, Assistant Sub Inspector and Ravi Dutt, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 19/08/2014.

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No. 56-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Jammu & Kashmir Police :—

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Nazir Ahmad Kuchay, Sub-Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 27/01/2015, a specific information was developed/received by police Awantipora regarding the presence of Abid Hussain Khan @ Hamza, HM operational chief South Kashmir along with his close associate, in the house of Jalal-u-din R/o Handoora Tral. The operation was planned and cordon was established around the said house by the joint parties of police, 42, RR and 185, Bn CRPF under the supervision of SP Awantipora and Col. 42 RR. As the joint party was engaged in discussion with residents for motivating militants to surrender, one of the militant rushed out from the house and fired indiscriminately upon the party due to which Col. M.N. Roy 42RR, Sep. Rawat Nelesh and Const. Venash Kumar sustained bullet injuries. The whole party and the residents should have suffered huge loss at this juncture, besides militant should also have escaped as the whole party was stunned by the sudden attack of militant, however, Col. 42RR, SP, SI Nazir Ahmad and the party showed courage and combated the militant in face to face gun battle wherein the militant got killed. After killing the militant, SP and SI Nazir Ahmad engaged the surviving militant in firing, while as four jawans gave shoulder to the injured Col. 42 RR and took him to the safer place where from he was taken to the nearby hospital. The other two injured jawans were bleeding profusely in the house premises and the first priority before the joint party was to evacuate them lest they mayPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 471 die because of blood loss. A small party consisting of 17 police personnel including Nazir ahmad Kuchay, SI under the command of SP decided to enter the house premises for evacuation of the injured jawans. The party entered the house premises while engaging the other surviving militant in cross fire. Six jawans gave shoulder to the injured personnel while others engaged the militant above their head in cross fire. On seeing the evacuation of the injured jawans, the militant abruptly rushed out from the house like a fidayeen and fired upon the police party engaged in evacuation of the injured. The whole party should have suffered a heavy loss at this particular moment. However, HC Sanjeewan Singh who was part of the evacuation party acted with utmost bravery and on one hand provided shield to the police party and on the other hand confronted the militant bravely without caring for his own life. The militant lobed a grenade towards the police party, however HC Sanjeewan Singh, in a fraction of second kicked the grenade away from the Police party with his foot which exploded instantly at a few yards distance. At that stage, the militant and HC Sanjeewan Singh, were face to face at few yards distance firing at each other and during the process, the militant got killed while as HC Sanjeewan Singh, got critically injured. Both Col M.N. Roy of 42RR and HC Sanjeewan Singh later on succumbed to their injuries at Army hospital. The killed militants were identified as Aabid Hussain Khan @ Hamza S/o Ralal-u-Din Khan R/o Hundura Tral and Sheeraz Ahmad Dar S/O Gh. Hassan Dar R/o Ovrigund Tral both of HM outfit.

Recovery :—

1. AK 47 rifles - 02 Nos.

2. AK Mags - 04 Nos.

3. Grenade - 01 No.

4. AK Rounds - 60 Nos. (live)

5. Pouch - 02 Nos.

In this encounter, Shri Nazir Ahmad Kuchay, Sub Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 27/01/2015.

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No. 57-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police :—

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Javaid Iqbal, Superintendent of Police

02. Manzoor Ahmad, Sub Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 01/09/2014, at 1700 hours, DIG Anantnag received a specific information about presence of three militants of JeM outfit at Village Hanjan Bala, planning to carry out a terrorist act. Accordingly, the information was shared with SP Pulwama/44 RR , 182/ 183 Bn CRPF and joint cordon was laid. A Police party under the command of DIG Anantnag, assisted by SP Pulwama, ASP Pulwama/DYSP OPS Pulwama, without wasting time, cordoned off the target area in the said village . After laying the cordon, search of militants was started. In the mean time, militants started indiscriminate firing from the house of Wall Mohd Nengroo S/O Ali Mohd Nengroo upon the search party with the intension to escape from the cordon. DIG Anantnag and ASP Pulwama responding bravely by retaliating the fire and gave no opportunity to the militants for escape. A challenging task was to execute the evacuation of three civilians including a lady , trapped in 1st floor of the target house. The evacuation of these civilians by ASP Pulwama among others under the overall supervision of DIG Anantnag without caring for their lives during such crucial situation was commendable. As it was getting dark, measures including lighting/laying of Concertina wire were taken for area domination around the target house in order to foil every attempt of militants to escape from the scene. The DIG SKR checked the cordon a number of times and issued repeated instructions472 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 throughout the night. Moreover, militants were asked to surrender through the PA(Public Address) System. They instead started indiscriminate firing upon the approaching parties and no opportunity was given to the SF's to come closer during night. DIG Anantnag assisted by ASP Pulwama and SI Manzoor Ahmad including others maintained alertness throughout the Night.

The next morning, militants were again asked to surrender, which they ignored and started indiscriminate firing upon the troops with the intension to kill them and escape from the cordon Eventually, in a fierce gunfight, which continued for another five hours, resulted in the elimination of militants in the lawns of said target house who were later identified as Mohd. Altaf Rather @ Kamran S/O Mohd. Abdullah Rather R/o Chak Badri Nath Pulwama, Farooq Ahmed Laway S/O Ghulam Ahmed Laway R/o Hardo Dalwan Budgam and Showkat Ahmed Dar @ Mirchi Seth S/o Ghulam Qadir Dar R/o Aglar Kandi Pulwama. A huge cache of Arms/Ammunition was recovered from the site of encounter. In this regard Case FIR No. 67/2014 U/S 307 RPC, 7/27 A. Act stands registered in Police Station Rajpora. The slain militant Mohd Altaf Rather @ Kamran Div. Cmdr. for South Kashmir of JeM outfit was active since last 4 years and was involved in number of criminal cases. He had carried out a number of sensational attacks against the security Forces/civilians/govt. establishments in the valley particularly in south Kashmir. Moreover, the said militant was instrumental in motivating youths for joining the militant cadres. He was also instrumental in threatening Panchayat members to resign from their posts. Another slain militant Farooq Ahmad Laway S/o Gh. Ahmad laway R/o Dalwan Budgam was also involved in snatching 03 SLR Rifles along with ammunition after injuring one Constable from shrine Guard at Pakherpora. Case FIR No. 24/2014 U/S 307, 392 RPC, 7/27 I.A. Act stands registered in PS Charar-i-Sharief to this effect. The death of all the three militants is a huge setback to militant cadres particularly JeM outfit in south Kashmir and great relief for security forces/civilians in Kashmir province particularly in south Kashmir range :—

Recovery:-

1. Rifle AK-47 - 01 No.

2. Mag AK - 01 No.

3. Hand grenade Chinese 01 No.

4. Mag Chinese pistol- 01 No.

5. Rds pistol - 03 Nos.

6. Rifle SLR - 01 No.

7. Mag SLR - 01 No.

8. Pistol Chinese - 01 No.

9. UBGL grenade - 01 No. (damaged)

10. Rds SLR - 50 Nos. (including 2 damaged)

In this encounter, S/Shri Javaid Iqbal, Superintendent of Police and Manzoor Ahmad, Sub Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 01/09/2014.

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No. 58-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the 1st Bar to Police Medal for Gallantry/Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police :—

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Tanweer Ahmed Jeelani, (1st Bar to PMG)

Dy. Superintendent of Police

02. Ram Lal, (PMG) Head Constable

03. Manzoor Ahmad Malik, (PMG)

SGCTPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 473 Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 13/11/2014 a specific information regarding presence of LeT terrorists in village Chanpora Chinigam Kulgam was received by Kulgam Police. Accordingly, Police party under the supervision of SP Kulgam and SOG Parties headed by ASP Kulgam Sh. Shabir Nawab-KPS/Dy.SP (OPS) Hatipora Sh. Tanweer Ahmed Jeelani immediately cordoned off the village. While the cordon was being laid, the armed terrorists rushed towards Mohalla Chanpora Chinigam while firing indiscriminately upon the approaching parties with aim of escaping from the village and inflicting casualties upon the security forces. ASP (Ops) Kulgam, Dy.SP (Ops) Hatipora, HC Ram Lal and Sgct Manzoor Ahmad narrowly escaped death and bravely retaliated the fire to prevent militant from escape, who were compelled to take shelter in a densely populated Mohalla Chanpora. In the first instant, the trapped civilians were evacuated from the target area. In the meantime, other SOG Parties led by Dy. SP(OPS) Kulgam Sh. Zaheer Abass and Dy. SP(OPS) Manzgam Shri Nawaz Ahmad reached the spot alongwith 1st RR, 18th/90 BNs of CRPF also joined and the operation was led under the command/supervision of DIG SKR Anantnag and SP Kulgam. The hiding terrorists were asked to surrender, which they declined by resorting to heavy guns fire and tried to create an escape route. Exchange of fire continued till 14.11.2014 morning at regular intervals. The fierce gun battle culminated in the elimination of two hardcore terrorists identified as Mohammad Abass Malla @ Abu Khatab R/o Nowpora Frisal and Manzoor Ahmed Malik @ Musa, Painter R/o Chinigam Frisal and recovery of huge Arms and ammunition from the encounter site. In this regard, case FIR No. 106/2014 U/S 307 PRC, 7/27 A. Act stands registered in PS Yaripora. Slain terrorist Mohammad Abass Malla @ Abu Khatab had been active in South Kashmir since 06.08.2013. He had played a key role in revival of LeT in South Kashmir and motivated youth to join terrorism with the help of local OGWs. Other eliminated terrorist namely Manzoor Ahmed Malik @ Musa was active since last half year and had also assisted Mohammad Abass in all antinational activities. They planned attacks on Security Forces, Migrant Pandit Colony Qazigund and Contesting Candidates to inflict causalities and to disrupt election process in South Kashmir. Moreover, the slain terrorists had undertook various subversive actions including killing of a Police Constable/Follower at Hassanpora Bagh Qaimoh, attack on Lady SPO and attack on Police Party at Nowpora Frisal.The elimination of these terrorists resulted in a tremendous set back to the LeT outfit and their plans to sabotage Assembly Election-2014 as well as attacks on Panchayat members/Politicians/SF/Police Personnel/ Kashmiri Pandits/ Contesting Candidates. The threat was neutralized to a large extent due to their elimination.

Recoveries made :—

1. INSAS rifle - 01 No.

2. AK 56 rifle - 02 Nos.

3. Magazine AK 56 - 02 Nos.

4. Magazine INSAS - 02 Nos.

5. Live rounds AK 56 - 11 Nos.

6. Damaged round AK 56 - 09 Nos.

In this encounter, S/Shri Tanweer Ahmed Jeelani, Dy. Superintendent of Police, Ram Lal, Head Constable and Manzoor Ahmad Malik, SGCT displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of 1st Bar to Police Medal/Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 13/11/2014.

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No. 59-Pres/2017—The The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry/1st Bar to Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police :—

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Sajad Hussain, (PMG)

Addl. Superintendent of Police

02. Mumtaz Ali, (1st Bar to PMG)

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Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 25th April, 2014 on the basis of a specific information regarding presence of three armed militants in Qazipathri, Khan Mohalla village Karewa Manloo, Police/44 RR and 14th Bn CRPF cordoned off the area under a proper strategic plan to nab/eliminate the militants. To identify the house in which terrorists were hiding and to dominate the area from all sides, four assault groups were constituted under the command of SP Shopian, ASP Shopian, Dy.SP Ops Imamsahab Shopian and SHO Shopian. One group led by SP Shopian took position on one side of the cordoned area, Shri Sajad Hussain, ASP along with his men took position from the other side Shri Mumtaz Ali Dy.SP Ops Imamsahab took position in front of the target house and Inspr. Javeed Ahmad, SHO Shopian took position towards the dense orchards side. After identifying the house, militants were asked to surrender, who ignored the offer and fired indiscriminately upon search party. However, the party retaliated in self defense triggering a gun battle. The ensuing operation lasted for more than 20 hours. During this long gun battle, militants hurled many grenades towards the security forces and resorted to indiscriminate firing in which two army men namely "Major Mukund Wardarajan" and Sepoy "Vikram" belonging to 44 RR were martyred while trying to enter the encounter site. However DySP Mumtaz Ali while leading his group from the front and without caring for his life, continued to retaliate to prevent the militants from escaping. Exchange of fire from both sides continued during intervening night of 25th and 26th April and militants tried every possible means by throwing grenades and firing' indiscriminately to flee from the spot by taking advantage of darkness. However, Shri Sajad Hussain, Addl. SP and Shri Mumtaz Ali, Dy. SP with their presence of mind and courage did not allow militants to escape. During this long gun battle, three militants were killed. Sajad Hussain Addl. SP Shopian, Mumtaz Ali Dy.SP operation Imamsahab , Javeed Ahmad, SHO Shopian and Sgct. Prithvi Raj exhibited exemplary courage & patience. Killed militants were latter on identified as Asif Ahmad Wani @ Muzamil S/o Ab. Razak R/o Drubgam Pulwama, (2) Abdul Haq Malik S/o Gh. Hassan Malik R/o Arwani Bijbehara and (3) Shabir Ahmad Gorsi S/o Farooq Gorsi R/o Ringward Kellar, Shopian of HM outfit. A huge cache of arms/ammunition was recovered from encounter site.

In this connection, a case FIR No. 82/2014 U/S 307 RPC, 7/27 A.Act stands registered in PS Shopian and investigation set into motion. Slain militant Asif Alunad Wani was active in District Pulwama/Shopian from last more than 4 years and was working as District Commander for Pulwama. He was involved in various terrorist activities and involved in FIR 06/2010 U/S 307, RPC, 7/27 A. Act PS Rajpora.( Encounter on 12-01-2010), FIR 14/2010 U/S 302 RPC, 7/27 A. Act PS Rajpora (Killing of sarpanchs son at Qalampora on 24-1-10), FIR 63/2010 U/S 121 RPC, 20 ULA Act PS Rajpora (fire incident at Qasba yar) and 210/2012 U/S 302, 307 RPC, 7/27 A Act, PS Pulwama. Abdul Haq Malik was active since October 2013 in District Shopian and was a close associate of Asif Ahmad Wani. The said militant was instrumental in threatening elected Panchayat Members of District Shopian to stay away from politics. He was in close contact with Syed Salaudin and Aamir Khan R/o Lever Pahalgam who are presently supervising the HM cadre from Pakistan. He was involved in various terrorist activities (FIRs 1 85/2010 U/S 7/25 A. Act, 13/2 ULA Act PS Bijbehara and 57/2013 U/S 13/1,16,18,20,40 ULA Act.). Shabir Ahmad Ghorsi S/o Farooq Ahmad Gorsi R/o Ringward Kellar was active since July 2013. He was also involved in a murder case and had been awarded life imprisonment and had fled from the court while on a routine hearing in court Shopian to join militant ranks.. He was also instrumental in threatening Panchs/Sarpanchs and local people of Shopian District to refrain from casting votes during the recently concluded Parliamentary Elections & was also involved in case FIR No. 102/2013 U/S 223,224 RPC, 30 Police Act PS Shopian. Moreover, all the three killed militants were also involved in the attack on polling party at Nagbal Shopian on. 20 of April in which one polling officer was killed and five others including two CRPF personnel were injured. In this connection, case FIR number 25/2014 U/S 302, 307, 120- B RPC:7/27 A. Act stands registered in police station Zainapora. With their elimination general public has received a great sigh of relief and is a huge set back to the militant cadres.

Recoveries made :—

1. AK 47 - 01 No.

2. INSAS - 01 No.

3. AK Mag. - 03 Nos.

4. INSAS Mag. - 03 Nos.

5. AK Rds - 40 Nos.

6. Pistol - 01 No.

In this encounter, S/Shri Sajad Hussain, Addl. Superintendent of Police and Mumtaz Ali, Dy. Superintendent of Police displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal/1st Bar to Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 25/04/2014.

A. RAI Officer on Special DutyPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 475 No. 60-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police:—

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Imtiaz Ahmed,

Dy. Superintendent of Police

02. Tariq Ahmed Wani,

Dy. Superintendent of Police

03. Pranav Mahajan, Dy. Superintendent of Police

04. Feroz Ahmad Itoo, Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 15/01/2015, a specific information was received/developed by Police, regarding presence of five armed militants in a Dhok located in forest area of Gadder Keller Shopian. Accordingly, Police Srinagar/Shopian with the assistance of 44 RR and 14th Bn CRPF cordoned off the entire area under proper strategic plan and two assault groups, one headed by ASP Shopian comprising of Sh. Tariq Ahmad, Dy. SP, Insp Feroz Ahmad and other and another led by SP PC Srinagar including Sh. Imtiaz Ahmad, Dy. SP, Sh. Pranav Mahajan Dy.SP were formed. Both the groups started search operations in the dense Forest area from two different sides and troops of 44RR/14 Bn. CRPF sealed off/plugged all possible escape routes. Meanwhile, the "Dhok", surrounded by big rocks and covered with bushes and trees in which militants were hiding was located. The hiding militants were asked to surrender, instead they fired indiscriminately upon the search Party. However search party headed by ASP Shopian, with extra ordinary courage and operational skills, engaged the militants by retaliating the fire effectively. During the gun battle, militants tried their best to break the cordon and to escape from the scene by hurling grenades and indiscriminately firing, but the above team, showed commitment and did not provide militants any chance to dominate. Indiscriminate firing from militants did not deter the operational parties from the call of their duty and by excellent courage and dedication above police personnel continuously/effectively retaliated the fire till all the five terrorists, later identified as Abu Toyab R/o Pakistan, Shakeel Ahmad Wani @ Master S/o Ghulam Mohd Wani R/o Pakkerpura, Charier I shrief Budgum, Tahir Ahmad Shah S/o Abdul Ganie Shah R/o Aglar Kandi Pulwama (trio of JEM outfit) Perwaiz Ahmad Wagey S/o Gh Mohd Wagey R/o Batmaran ,Kellar Shopian of HM outfit, Ishfaq Ahmad Malik@ Dagga S/o Gulzar Ahmad Malik R/o Eidgah Mohalla Arwani got killed. A huge cache of arms/ammunition was recovered from the site of encounter and case FIR No. 05/2015 U/S 307 RPC, 7/27 A. Act stands registered in PS Kellar in this regard.

The elimination of these terrorists became possible only due to leadership qualities, excellent operational command coupled with exemplary bravery of above police personnel.

Recovery :

1. AK 47 - 03 Nos.

2. SLR - 01 No.

3. AK Mag - 03 Nos.

4. SLR Mag - 01 No.

5. AK Rds. - 30 Nos.

6. SLR Rds - 10 Nos.

7. Pistol - 01 No.

In this encounter, S/Shri Imtiaz Ahmed, Dy. Superintendent of Police, Tariq Ahmed Wani, Dy. Superintendent of Police, Pranav Mahajan, Dy. Superintendent of Police and Feroz Ahmad Itoo, Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 15/01/2015.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty476 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 No. 61-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police:—

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Zaheer Abbas, Dy. Superintendent of Police

02. Selender Singh, Head Constable

03. Manoj Kumar,

SGCT

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 25/5/2015, on a specific information regarding presence of a militant, Kulgam Police under the supervision of SSP Kulgam along with troops of 1st RR/18th Battalion CRPF laid cordon of Village Kanjikullah of Yaripora Kulgam. The target area, covered with thick/densely planted orchards, was providing a favourable shield to the hiding terrorist. In the meantime, on noticing the movement of troops, holed-up terrorist started indiscriminate firing upon them in order to escape from the cordoned area. In this Initial/sudden attack of hiding terrorist, one Army personnel sustained serious injuries. Acting swiftly, ASP Kulgam and Shri Zaheer Abbas, Dy SP (OPS) Kulgam along with HC Selender Singh and SgCt Manoj Kumar, exhibited extra ordinary courage and retaliated the fire in self defence with full volume. The assault party identified the movement of terrorist deep inside the densely planted orchard. The above police personnel, under a strategic plan started advancing towards the target. Sensing twine around his neck, the terrorist, instead of surrendering started indiscriminate firing followed by grenade lobbing. However, the above police personnel, by dint of their extra ordinary vigil did not provide him any chance to cause any further damage or to break the cordon. The police personnel, succeeded in zeroing the target & engaged the terrorist in a close gun battle which lasted for a long time and finally ended with the elimination of the terrorist later identified as Ayatullah Bhat @ Khumani @ Abu Maaz @ Yousuf S/o Hafizuallh Bhat R/o Chinigam Frisal, District Commander of LeT outfit. A huge cache of arms/ ammunition was recovered from the site of encounter and case FIR No. 43/2015 U/S 307 RPC, 7/27 Arms Act was registered in PS Yaripora.

The gallant action of the police party has added yet another laurel to the crown of the prestigious organization and is proving to be a major cause of motivation amongst the rank and file of Kulgam Police to further strive to fight the menace of terrorism and also to keep the district, as well as the entire region terrorism free. Their extra ordinary gallant action resulted into the accomplishment of the mission after a long hot pursuit of the terrorists. Another peculiar feature of the operation was that Kulgam Police accomplished the mission exclusively on its own intelligence.

Recovery:-

1. AK 47 rifle - 01 No.

2. AK 47 Mag. - 03 Nos.

3. AK 47 rounds - 20 Nos.

4. Chinese pistol - 01 No.

5. Chinese pistol Mag - 01 No.

In this encounter, S/Shri Zaheer Abbas, Dy. Superintendent of Police, Selender Singh, Head Constable and Manoj Kumar, SGCT displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 25/05/2015.

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No. 62-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the 1st Bar to Police Medal for Gallantry/Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police :—

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Dilraj Singh, (1st Bar to PMG)

InspectorPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 477

02.    Manzoor Ahmad,                (PMG)
       Head Constable
03.    Khurshed Ahmad Khan,          (PMG)
       Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 22/06/2014 at about 1530 hrs, Police Sopore received specific intelligence about presence of terrorists in Mohalla Baba-Raza Krankshivan Colony Sopore. Acting on the intelligence, Police Sopore, in co-ordination with troops of 22-RR, 52-RR and 179 Bn CRPF immediately cordoned off the entire area at about 1545 hrs. The area in general being plain and developed with a network of big and narrow lanes restricts vehicular movement and provides an adequate cover. Therefore, the Police party and the troops of 22-RR immediately laid inner cordon sealing all lanes, by-lanes and simultaneously troops of 52-RR laid an outer cordon to prevent militants from escaping. The first apprehension for security forces was the safe evacuation of civilians trapped inside the cordon. The house to house search began by Police Sopore at around 1610 hrs and the searched houses were immediately occupied by the troops of 22-RR to zero the target. In this way, all the civilians trapped inside cordoned houses were safely evacuated. On reaching near Band saw of one Mohd Shaban Panchu S/o Ab. Aziz R/o Baba-raza Krankshivan colony Sopore, the searching party was fired upon by militants which was retaliated with full volume. The fire was coming from a single storey structure having three rooms situated in the compound of said Band Saw. The target location had about seven to eight Saw Mills in its vicinity and while studying the composition of target house it was found that the compound of target location was pilled-up with tones of dry wood, saw dust and wood shavings and any unintentional fire may cause immense collateral damage. Sensing the gravity of aggressive situation, troops engaged in the fire fight were asked to hold their nerves and exhibit utmost caution in dealing with the situation. The holed up militants were intermittently firing upon the troops & taking time till darkness. At about 1930 hrs, the advance party which included Inspr. Dilraj Singh, HC Manzoor Ahmad, Ct. Khurshid Ahmad and troops of 22-RR sealed the target area by concertina wire & lit it up with Halogens lights to prevent militant from escaping. At about 1340 hours, the cordon was tightened and it was further decided to storm the target from all sides. While advance party was moving swiftly through main entrance of Band Saw sealing two narrow lanes situated on either side of Band Saw Mill, the holed up militants fired indiscriminately on them and jumped over from the rear side of boundary wall and ran through left narrow lane to flee from the area.

The above Police personnel exhibiting outstanding courage and presence of mind chased one of the militants and took him by surprise at the other corner of lane opening at main road. The said militant kept on firing indiscriminately to inflict casualties, but was neutralised on spot by the party without any cover. The other militant coming after him through lane quickly put down his hand grenade & offered to surrender. The above named officers/official immediately took him into custody. The militant neutralized in the instant operation was identified as @ Muhammad Bhai R/o Pak of LeT outfit. The apprehended militant was identified as Mohd Waseem Bhat @ Shabir Beigh S/O Gh.Mohd Bhat R/O Tarzoo Sopore of HM outfit .A huge cache of Arms ammunition was recovered from the site of encounter. In this regard, Case FIR No. 86/2014 U/S 307-RPC, 7/27 I.A Act stands registered with Police Station Tarzoo. In the entire operation the above police personnel exhibited exemplary bravery and incomparable presence of mind which led to the successful culmination of the operation.

The slain terrorist @Muhammad of LeT terrorist outfit was operating in & around the area of Sopore since long and was motivating local youth to work for the outfit. He was making efforts to rebuild influence & network of LeT outfit in Sopore. Recently, an LeT module was busted and as many as six members were apprehended. During interrogation, it had surfaced that these members of the module had been assigned with various tasks by said @ Muhammad Bhai including couriering weapons, money, identification of targets vis-à-vis security installations, arranging the communication devices and providing transport facilities for the terrorists. It also revealed that they were trying to disrupt the law & order situation in Sopore and to create fear psychosis among the people, so that the Assembly Elections 2014 are disrupted and boycott call enforced. His elimination is a great achievement and will have long term bearing on the overall security scenario of Sopore in particular and the valley in general. The apprehended terrorist of HM outfit namely Mohd Waseem Bhat @ Shabir Beigh S/O Gh.Mohd Bhat R/o Tarzoo Sopore being local was also actively involved in militant related violence including lobbing of grenades on security force pickets, attack on panchs/sarpanchs, cop killings etc. He was active in the areas of Tarzoo, Amberpora, Chankhan, Krankshivan colony, Wagub and Hygam. His arrest is also a major achievement for Police resulting in the prevalence of peaceful atmosphere in Kashmir in general and in Sopore in particular.

Recovery :—

1. AK 47 rifle - 01 No.

2. AK Magazine - 02 Nos.

3. AK rounds - 20 Nos.

4. Hand grenade - 01 No.

In this encounter, S/Shri Dilraj Singh, Inspector, Manzoor Ahmad, Head Constable and Khurshed Ahmad Khan, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of 1st Bar to Police Medal/Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 22/06/2014.

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No. 63-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Shakeel Ahmad Mir,

SGCT

02. Farooq Ahmad Bhat,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 13/01/2015 at about 23:00 hours, Sopore Police received specific input about the presence of one unknown Pakistani LeT terrorist in Mohalla Sofi-Hamam Sopore. Acting on this intelligence, Sopore Police in co-ordination with troops of 52 RR and 177Bn CRPF immediately cordoned off the entire target area at about 23:00 hrs. The area in general being congested and densely built-up with huge network of narrow lanes and by lanes was providing a natural cover to the hiding terrorists. In view of topography of the area and pitch dark conditions, after due deliberations with SSP Sopore, officers of CRPF and Army, DIG North Kashmir Range Baramulla decided to suspend the search operations till first light next morning as going ahead with the operation at inappropriate time could have led to avoidable damage to the force personnel. As such cordon was further strengthened. It was planned that the advance Police party and troops of 52/RR will cautiously lead towards the target next day in the morning. Different parties were constituted for laying inner cordon and sealing all lanes and by-lanes. The troops of 177 Bn CRPF were deputed to lay outer cordon to provide strong and concrete barrier and prevent militant escape. In the wee hours of next morning (14/01/2015) house to house search operation was started by Police and CRPF and the searched houses were immediately occupied by the troops of Police Sopore and 52-RR to isolate the target. Since the area was highly congested, DIG NKR-Baramulla remained personally involved in safe evacuation of civilians from the houses being searched as the task was extremely sensitive and called for utmost care and alertness. The process of safe evacuation took almost three hours and was completed in a hassle free manner. During the process the particular house where the terrorist was hiding was identified and in 1S¹ instance the terrorist was asked to surrender using loud speakers, but there was no response. When the search party tried to approach the target house, it came under heavy fire from the hiding militant. The Parties showed forbearance/patience and did not retaliate as there was every apprehension of civilian killings if the fire was retaliated at that movement, as the house owner and his family were inside the house. In order to evacuate the civilians from the target house, DIG NKR under a well planned strategy evacuated (all the family members) safely under his personal supervision.

At this point, the main task of neutralizing the terrorist was taken in hand. An advance party was constituted consisting of Sgct Shakeel Ahmad, Constable Farooq Ahmad with a party of 52 RR which sealed the house. DIG NKR- Baramulla himself occupied the adjacent house to track the exact location of the terrorist and give covering fire to the advance party. The officer alongwith his two escort personnel provided-the covering fire to the advance party which was engaged in locating the terrorist and neutralizing him. The members of the advance party kept the terrorist engaged till Sgct Shakeel Ahmad, Constable Farooq Ahmad entered into the target house. Besides this, DIG NKR Baramulla reached at the main entry of the target house in order to neutralize the terrorist. At this point of time, the terrorist hurled a grenade which did not explode. He tried to fire another grenade through UBGL, but DIG North Kashmir Range Baramulla kept him engaged till Sgct Shakeel Ahmad, Constable Farooq Ahmad entered into the target house and did not provide him further chance to fire or lob grenades which would have caused serious damages to the Police party. The above named officers/official of advance party exhibited outstanding courage, presence of mind under highly effective and able leadership of DIG NKR-Baramulla and as a result neutralized the terrorist under extremely hostile conditions inside the house without any damage to the Security forces or to any person and property. The killed militant was identified as Sufiyan @ Arfat Rio Pak affiliated with LeT outfit. AK 47 rifle with 3 magazines, 8 rounds, 1 UBGL, 2 UBGL grenades and 1 HE 36 grenade were recovered from his possession. In this connection case FIR 12/2015 U/S 307, RPC, 7/27 I A Act stands registered in P/S Tarzoo, Sopore.

In this encounter, S/Shri Shakeel Ahmad Mir, SGCT and Farooq Ahmad Bhat, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 14/01/2015.

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No. 64-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the 1st Bar to Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officer of Jammu & Kashmir Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Nazir Ahmad Kuchay, Sub Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 06/05/2014, SDPO Awantipora along with SHO PS Awantipora and SI Nazir Ahmad were on a night patrol in Dadsara area and at about 2200 hours received an information from SPO regarding movement of militants in the outskirts of the village Dadsara. Accordingly ambush was laid in the area with the assistance of 03 RR, 130 Bn CRPF, SOG and others. The ambush party noticed movement of suspect individuals, who were asked to show their identity. Instead, they fired indiscriminately upon the party which was retaliated effectively. The exchange of fire continued for half an hour. Since there was possibility of collateral damage in view of complete darkness, all possible precautions were taken to avoid this risk. It was difficult to ascertain whether militants are alive, dead or have escaped in the darkness. However, SI Nazir Ahmad along with police party volunteered to proceed ahead and crawled towards the area wherefrom militants had fired, in jeopardy of their own lives. On noticing the approaching movement of police, the militants abruptly fired and Police party retaliated in a face to face battle and one militant got injured. The police party made strenuous efforts to track down the militants during entire night, however, could not trace them. In the early dawn, blood was spotted at the scene of encounter and the amount of blood indicated that one or two militants might have got critically injured and subsequently died due to loss of blood. 01 AK 47 rifle along with ammunition was recovered on the spot. All the police establishments and security force units were alerted to make efforts to trace the dead body of the slain militant. The police party generated further information regarding the dead body of a militant in village Panzoo , later identified as Syed Mavia R/o PAK. Case FIR No.51/2014 U/S 307 RPC, 7/27 I.A. Act stands registered in police station Awantipora in this regard.

The slain militant was involved in number of subversive activities in the area including killing of Mohammad Anwar Sheikh S/o Sadiq Sheikh R/o Amlar Tral (lumberdar) on 21/04/2014 for which case FIR No. 39/2014 U/S 302 RPC 7/27 A.Act stand's registered in P/S Awantipora. His presence in the area was a great threat to panches/surpanches.

In this encounter, Shri Nazir Ahmad Kuchay, Sub Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of 1st Bar to Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 06/05/2014.

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No. 65-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the 1st Bar to Police Medal for Gallantry/Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Irshad Hussain Rather, (1st Bar to PMG)

Dy. Superintendent of Police

02. Irshad Ahmad Reshi, (PMG)

Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 26th October 2013 specific information regarding presence of militants in village Hushangpora was received by Shopian Police. Accordingly Police party headed by Sh. Irshad Husain Rather, Dy SP Ops Imamsahib with the assistance of480 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 contingents of 62 Bn RR & 4 Bn CRPF cordoned off the area and started house to house search. During the course of search, militants fired indiscriminately upon search party. In order to make the operation successful, two teams were framed under the Command of Shri Irshad Hussain Rather Dy. SP(Ops) Imamsahib and Inspr. Irshad Ahamd Reshi (SHO P/S Shopian). The first group led by Dy.SP (Ops) Imamsahib took Morcha on one side of the cordoned area and lnspr Irshad Ahmad alongwith his group took position from the dense plantation side. After strengthening the cordon, the militants were asked to surrender, who while rejecting the offer, fired indiscriminately upon the operational group and tried to escape. Coming under fire of the terrorists, Dy.SP(Ops) Immamsahib and Inspr. Irshad Ahmad Reshi had a narrow escape. At this stage Dy. SP(Ops), Immamsahib and Inspr Irshad Ahmad Reshi without caring for their lives retaliated the fire in self defence and during the ensuing gunfight one dreaded militant later identified as Mohd Abass Reshi @ Abid S/o Bashir Ahmad Reshi R/o Alishahpora was eliminated. In this regard, Case FIR No. 78/2013 U/S 307 RPC,7/27 I.A Act was registered in PS Zainapora.

The above police officers not only supervised and led the troops/Police parties efficiently and intelligently but also took initiative in elimination of above mentioned LeT Commander. They displayed courage to prevent civilian casualty during the operation by presence of mind and good policing. The terrorists had tried their best to cause damage to the forces, however the troops without losing their concentration & in good application of mind fought bravely and foiled their nefarious designs. Both the Officers were instrumental in elimination of above mentioned dreaded Commander of LeT outfit.

Recoveries made :-

1. Rifle AK 47 - 01 No.

2. Magazine AK-47 - 03 Nos.

3. Rounds AK-47 - 40 Nos.

4. Hand grenade. - 01 Nos.

5. Pistol - 01 No.

In this encounter, S/Shri Irshad Hussain Rather, Dy. Superintendent of Police and Irshad Ahmad Reshi, Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of 1st Bar to Police Medal/Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 26/10/2013.

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No. 66-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Stanzin Ostal, Sub Inspector

02. Fayaz Ahmad,

Head Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 16/01/2015 at about 0730-hrs, Sopore Police received reliable intelligence about the presence of a Pakistani LeT terrorist at Choora Sopore in the house of Sarpanch Farooq Ahmad Bhat S/o Abdul Jabbar Bhat . The terrorist was planning to carry out terrorist activities in the area particularly in town Sopor. Acting on this specific intelligence lead, Police Sopore along with 52/RR, 177 Bn CRPF immediately swung into action and cordoned off the entire area plugging in all possible escaping routes. The advance party was led by SI Stanzin Otsal included HC Fayaz Ahmad and other officers/officials and SPOs under the overall supervision of SSP Police District Sopore, who divided the team into two segments to execute the operation. The foremost task for the troops was safety of civilians from the surrounding houses and for this purpose a well planned strategy was evolved under the supervision of SSP PD Sopore. The operational component in general, and the above police personnel in particular, exhibited extraordinary sense of duty in a hostile situation and without caring for their lives prioritized the safe evacuation of civilians especially children & womenfolk from the target area. The input was definite thatPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 481 the terrorist is hiding in the house of Sarpanch, situated in Orchard fields, surrounded by densely planted Apple trees having residential houses from its South. There was a narrow water channel flowing adjacent to the target house and it was possible that the terrorist could use the channel for his escape. In this eventuality, it would have been impossible to trap him in the dark as he could have taken the shelter in the densely built village located at some distance and it would have been difficult for the troops to trace him out during night hours. Keeping the possibilities in mind, a plan was devised and some personnel were deployed in water channel and the party headed by SI Stanzin Otsal and HC Fayaz Ahmad was directed to cover-up till all possible escape routes are sealed adequately. As per the plan, the advance party including the above police personnel entered in the compound and sealed the main entrance and strengthened the barrier for final assault. The party climbed the Apple trees near the target house, reached the slab and occupied the rooftop. The advance party had kept the terrorist unaware till the above Police personnel surprised the terrorist and entered swiftly into the room where the terrorist was hiding. Police party overpowered the militant though he tried his best to get hold of his AK- 47 rifle and fire upon the Police party, but the above police personnel kept their nerves and denied him a single chance for mischief and ultimately the team succeeded in taking position of the arms/ammunition and handcuffed him without suffering any collateral damage. The said LeT terrorist had access to sophisticated weapons and enough ammunition which could have led to serious damage to the police party, had he got a chance to lay hands on his illegal weaponry. The instant operation was surgical and well planned by all means. As the terrorist was hiding in ground floor and there was enough opportunity for him either to escape or engage the troops in gun battle, but police team and others put all their specialized preparations in use and managed to arrest him. The apprehended terrorist disclosed his identity as Zubair Ahmad Mughal S/o Abdul Rashid Mughal R/o Gulsahn Iqbal Karachi Pakistan, a top commander of LeT outfit. A case FIR No. 14/2015 U/S 7/25 A. Act, 14 F.Act, 13, 19 20 UL Act was registered in Police Station Tarzoo in this regard.

Recovery:

1. AK 47 rifles - 01 No.

2. AK Mags - 03 Nos.

3. AK rounds - 90 Nos.

4. Pouch - 01 No.

In this encounter, S/Shri Stanzin Ostal, Sub Inspector and Fayaz Ahmad, Head Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 16/01/2015.

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No. 67-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Syed Sajad Hussain,

Dy. Superintendent of Police

02. Shamus-Ud-Din Lone,

SGCT

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 17/01/2015, at about 2125 hours, based on a specific intelligence regarding presence of terrorists in Saidpora Sopore, joint components of Police Sopore/Srinagar along with 22- RR/ 177 Bn CRPF swung into action and cordoned off the entire area. In view of the circumstances, the operation was suspended till first light of next day morning and cordon was strengthened further. Troops of 22 RR and Police parties were placed in inner cordon while as 177 Bn CRPF was tasked for outer cordon and sealing of all the entry/exit points approaching towards the particular place. In the next day, in wee hours, house to house search was conducted by Police Sopore/Srinagar and searched houses were occupied by the troops of 22 RR and Police. The house to house search began at around 0730-hrs and all the officers/men were directed that no civilian especially elderly, womenfolk & children are harmed in any case. The advance party was divided into two segments, one was advanced towards the main entrance of the target & another was moving in the rear side of the target house. While reaching482 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 in the close proximity of the target house owned by Abdul Gaffar Dar S/o Mohammad Bashir Dar R/o Dar Mohalla Siadpora, the advance party was fired upon by terrorists indiscriminately. As soon as the terrorists opened fire, noise of hue & cry was heard from the adjacent houses. The fire was not retaliated in the first instance & the advance party headed by Sh. Wasim Qadri SP (PC) Srinagar, Sajad Hussain Dy SP (PC) Srinagar and Sgct. Shamas-ud-din and few other police personnel/SPOs were directed to hold the fire till civilians from the nearby houses are safely evacuated. A backup party comprising of Police and 22 RR was also placed at a distance in nearby by-lanes behind the advance party to provide backup /reinforcement. Sensing the gravity of situation, the cordon around target house was further strengthened. Since the situation was unfavorable and aggressive, the efforts & professionalism of highest order shown by the above named police personnel of advance component in such hostile situation which resulted in evacuation of at least 60- people from the nearby houses was hard to believe. The terrorists were not allowing civilians to come out of their houses, infact they fired upon the houses to prevent the people to come out. At this juncture, a well planned strategy was evolved by officers/officials keeping the terrorists engaged on one side and on the another side advance party led by the above named officers/officials approached the adjacent houses in RAKSHAK vehicles for evacuation of the trapped civilians. In six such attempts, all the civilians from the adjacent houses were evacuated safely which included 17 women and I3 children. After evacuation of civilians from the adjacent houses plan for final assault was formulated and a component of advance party deployed at the rear side of house was ordered to shift towards front side and rear side was strategically left open so that terrorist try to escape would be apprehended by the troops at a distance. The terrorists were directed to surrender to which they did not respond. So in order to force the terrorist to come out of the house, a segment comprising of above said officers/official moved ahead towards the target house under cover and resorted to firing upon the target house. In the very crucial circumstances, the above officers/official came out in the open and rushed towards side window challenging the hold-up terrorists. One terrorist sensing the volume & velocity of fire, tried to escape from the rear side while another one kept the troops engaged in fire fight. On observing this, the above officers/official took the terrorists by surprise in the main compound of target house and killed one terrorist on the spot in the retaliatory fire. Another terrorist was still in the house and challenging the advance party. At this point of time, remarkable presence of mind was exhibited by the above officers, who covered themselves behind a walnut tree and waited for the final assault. Observing this, the hold-up terrorist came out from the house and hurled two grenades followed by shower of bullets towards the advance party with the intention to kill. The advance party came out without caring for their lives and fired upon the terrorist in self defence and eliminated him on spot. The selfless devotion towards duty and matchless courage exhibited by the operational team in general, and above officers/official in particular, led to elimination of two hardcore terrorists of JeM outfit without any collateral damage. A huge cache of arms/ammunition was recovered from the encounter site, Case FIR No. 7/2015 U/S 307 RPC, 7/27 I.A Act was accordingly registered in P/S Sopore in this regard.

Recovery:-

1. AK 47 Rifles - 02 Nos.

2. AK Mags - 06 Nos.

3. Radio Sets - 02 Nos.

4. AK Rounds - 140 Nos.

5. UBGL grenades - 02 Nos.

6. Compass - 01 No.

7. Matrix Sheet - 06 Nos.

In this encounter, S/Shri Syed Sajad Hussain, Dy. Superintendent of Police and Shamus-Ud-Din Lone, SGCT displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 18/01/2015.

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No. 68-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Iftkhar Ahmed,

Dy. Superintendent of PolicePART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 483 02. Suresh Singh,

SGCT

03. Gurjeet Singh, SGCT

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 25th of May 2014, Kulgam police received a specific information regarding presence of a group of- terrorists in village Nowpora-Frisal, planning to carry out some subversive action in the area. Immediately, a joint strategy was chalked out and with the assistance of 1st RR, 18 / 90 Bns CRPF, an operation was launched under the command of DIG of Police SKR Anantnag and effective supervision of ASP/ Dy SP (OPS) Kulgam. Immediately a cordon was laid around the entire hamlet and the hiding terrorists were asked to come out and lay down their Arms/ Ammunition. However, the adamant group of terrorists retaliated with heavy volume of fire from their illegal automatic weapons to inflict casualties on the operational parties, thereby, trying to create an escape route for themselves. Exchange of fire continued throughout the day at regular intervals. The ensuing gun battle lasted for about 5 to 6 hours and culminated with the elimination of two hard core terrorists identified as (1) Zubair Bhat S/o Nant Ahmed Bhat R/o Nowpora and (2) Ishfaq Bhat S/o Gh. Mohideen Bhat R/o Chakoo Shopian of LeT outfit and huge cache of Arms/ ammunition from the site of encounter was recovered. In this regard, case FIR No. 40/2014 U/S 307 RPC, 7/27 A Act has been registered in PS-Yaripora.

The gallant action of above police personnel among others has added yet another laurel to the crown of our prestigious organization and has proved to be a major cause of motivation amongst the rank and file of Police to further strive to fight the menace of terrorism. With the elimination of these terrorists, general public has also heaved sigh of relief.

The professionalism coupled with outstanding courage exhibited by above police team was remarkable. Their command/control and operational skills in executing an effective operation in such circumstances was commendable which resulted into the accomplishment of the mission after a long hot pursuit of the terrorists. Another peculiar feature of the operation was that Police accomplished the mission exclusively on its own intelligence. The conduct of this successful operation, without causing any kind of collateral damage in a rather unpredictable and risk prone environment, remained its hallmark.

Recoveries made :-

1. AK 56 rifle - 01 No.

2. AK 47 rifle - 01No. (damaged)

3. Magazine AK 47 - 04 Nos.

4. Live rounds AK- 47 - 67 Nos.

5, Pistol Chinese - 02 Nos. (damaged)

In this encounter, S/Shri Iftkhar Ahmed, Dy. Superintendent of Police, Suresh Singh, SGCT and Gurjeet Singh, SGCT displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 25/05/2014.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty

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No. 69-Pres/2017-—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry/1st Bar to Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Riyaz Ahmad Ganaie, (PMG)

Sub Inspector

02. Gh. Ahmad Malik, (1st Bar to PMG)

Head Constable484 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 27/02/2015 a specific input was received by Dy. SP (PC) Tral that a group of militants are hiding in Village Rathsuna Tral. The input was developed further to make it actionable and accordingly 03 teams, one under supervision/control, of Dy. SP(PC) Tral, second headed by SI, SHO P/S Tral and third under the command and control of two SIs including Reyaz Ahmad and were constituted to launch an operation in the aforementioned densely populated area. At around 07 PM the target area, comprising of a Cluster of 05 houses was cordoned off from all sides. After laying the initial cordon, assistance from 42RR, 185 Bn CRPF and PC Sangam was also sought. Meanwhile, SSP Awantipora also joined the operation alongwith his QRT. The cordon was tightened from all the sides with the help of all the forces involved and it was decided to suspend the operation till first light next morning. In the meantime, militants, on noticing presence of security forces in the area, jumped out of the house, firing indiscriminately. Dy. SP (PC) Tral alongwith police party retaliated the fire which forced the militants to retreat, and their attempt to break the cordon and escape from the spot was foiled. Instantly Dy. SP (PC)Tral alongwith SI Reyaz Ahmad and HC Gh. Ahmad without caring for their lives, tactfully/ professionally, with extraordinary courage & bravery managed to evacuate the trapped inmates from the target area. In the meantime, it was learnt that one bed-ridden elderly person has got trapped in the ground floor of target house. Thereafter, it was decided that party headed by Dy SP PC, Tral will enter the house while as police party headed by one SI will engage the militants in fire fight. Dy. SP PC Tral, exhibiting great operational capability and courage, under cover of fire provided by police team, entered the house tactfully alongwith a small party. The police party gave shoulder to the bed-ridden person and rushed towards the main gate of the premises of the house after engaging militants overhead in firefight. In the meantime, Public Address System was arranged and militants were asked to surrender, which they declined and instead came out in open, firing indiscriminately in all directions. At that stage, police party displayed great courage and without caring for their lives retaliated effectively from close range which resulted in elimination of one of the militants. The other militant took position behind a wall with an intention to inflict maximum casualty to operational forces but HC Gh. Ahmad alongwith other police personnel, very skillfully and tactfully went close to the hiding militant, who panicked and came out in open and fired indiscriminately but due to the alertness and professional skills of the police party, the said militant was also eliminated on spot. The Slain militants were identified as Shabir Ahmad Mir @Suhail s/o Abdul Rehman Mir R/o Dadsara and Idrees Hussain Shah S/o Shareef-ud-din Shah R/o Noorpora. A huge cache of arms/ ammunition was recovered from the encounter site and case FIR No.27/2015 U/S 7/27 I. A.Act, 307 RPC stands registered in police station Tral in this regard.

Recovery:

1. Rifle AK 47 - 02 Nos.

2. Magazine AK-47 - 06 Nos.

3. Rounds - 80 Nos.

In this encounter, S/Shri Riyaz Ahmad Ganaie, Sub Inspector and Gh. Ahmad Malik, Head Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal/1st Bar to Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 27/02/2015.

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No. 70-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jharkhand Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Bachan Deo Kujur,

Dy. Superintendent of Police

02. Dukhhiya Murmu, (Posthumously)

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 18th Jan, 2015 at about 1400 hrs. Addl.S.P. (Ops.), East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur received an input from own sources that 5-6 naxals(LWE) are likely to come to witness Tussu fair at Bikrampur behind Bagjata Uranium Mines under Musabani P.S. & also they are planning for some massive disruptive action. After getting information Addl. S.P., Ops. & DyPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 485 SP Musabani, Bachandeo Kujur immediately formed small unit of 15 personnel in civil including bodyguards and a QAT unit of 193 Bn, CRPF and immediately proceeded for venue.

At about 1745 hrs. u/c Addl. S.P., Ops. & Dy SP, Bachandeo Kujur, & police party reached the target area immediately. The police party under leadership of Addl. S.P., Ops. moved tactically towards the Tussu fair hiding their weapons and identity. Informers of Addl. S.P., Ops. pointed towards the Maoists carrying firearms who were almost double in number than the input. Despite more no. of naxals, Addl. S.P., Ops. with brilliant and mindful execution placed the forces at strategic points. Suddenly naxals started indiscriminate firing to kill the police forces. The forces took defensive position and retaliated and also started putting pressure on the naxals to surrender. During exchange of fire, one naxal who was firing from very closely, Addl. S.P., Ops. directed CT Dukhiya Murmu, (bodyguard of Addl. S.P., Ops.), and Ct./GD Rajesh Kr. Viswakarma of 193 Bn. CRPF to pounce upon to catch the said naxal. LWE still continued firing towards the police party, as a result one bullet hit in the head of CT Dukhiya Murmu and also injured Addl. S.P., Ops. near thigh. Dy SP, Bachandeo Kujur immediately carried injured CT Dukhiya Murmu to the nearest PHC hospital at Musabani.

Addl. S.P., Ops along with Ct./GD Rajesh Kr. Viswakarma without caring risk of life, chased the naxals who were firing pointing towards the police force. Addl. S.P., Ops, and Ct/GD Rajesh Kr. Viswakarma continued control firing and simultaneously by crawling reached near the naxals who were firing taking hide under the cover of large masses and darkness. In retaliation, firing continued also from police side keeping in view the safety of villagers who were thousands in number. During search one naxal was found bleeding profusely and one country made .315 mm pistol and 05 live cartridges (.315 mm) were also recovered beside the injured naxal. Injured naxal was immediately brought to PHC, Musabani where doctors declared him brought dead. Dead naxal was later identified as Kunwar Murmu @ Jhoru of village-Dalmakocha, PS- Musabani, Distt. Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum. Kunwar Murmu @ Jhoru was an active Dy. commander of Gurabandha LWE Squad and was wanted in Musabani PS case no. 83/10, Dt. 16-10-10, U/s 147/148/149/302 IPC, 27 Arms Act & 17 CLA Act 2. Musabani PS case no. 05/14, Dt. 18-01-14, U/s 147/148/149/302 IPC, 27 Arms Act & 17 (i)(ii) CLA Act.

CT. Dukhiya Murmu was referred to TMH Hospital, Tata Nagar, Jamshedpur by PHC, Musabani for better treatment. After 04 days of intensive treatment he later passed away.

In this regard a case No. 04/15, Dt. 18-1-15, U/s 147/148/149/323/324/326/353/307 IPC, 25(1-b)A/26/27 Arms Act and 17 (i)(ii) CLA Act was registered in PS Musabani.

In this encounter, S/Shri Bachan Deo Kujur, Dy. Superintendent of Police and Late Dukhhiya Murmu, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 18/01/2015.

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No. 71-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jharkhand Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Subodh Lakra,

Sub Inspector

02. Raja Ram Singh, Havildar

03. Shem Toppno,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 31/08/2014, after getting intelligence about the presence of Bikram Gope @ Barood Gope (PLFI Area commander of Bano and Kolibera Area) with 8-10 members of his dasta in the forest area of Kawajor, a joint operation was planned by SP Simdega and Commandant 94 BN CRPF. As per plan, a team of 18 personnel of A/94 BN CRPF along with 12 personnel including Raja Ram, HC, Shem Topono, CT and Subodh Lakra, SI (O/C Bano Police Station) of Jharkhand police, under command Asst. Comdt. Sunil Kumar Sharma left their respective locations by motorcycles at 1000 hrs. and met at village Birta at 1200 hrs. SI Subodh Lakra, AC Sunil Kumar Sharma and AC Ranjit Mandal re-discussed the plan and486 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 moved further towards the target area. On reaching close to the target area, commanders decided to left all the motorcycles at the outskirt of the Kawajor forest and covered the remaining distance on foot through cross country. The party tried to cover the western side of Kawajor forest through cordoning from the eastern side of the location. At about 1425 Hrs, the scout noticed a tent (hideout) made up of tarpaulin in the forest and informed his immediate commander SI Subodh Lakra and AC Ranjit Mandal. The information was shared with all the commanders and rest of troops were alerted. SI Subodh Lakra, AC Sunil Kumar Sharma and AC Ranjit Mandal sensed the need to cordon the hideout in "U" pattern so as to block all the escape routes. While approaching towards the hideout, security forces were noticed by the PLFI Cadres who opened heavy fire on them . In that sudden deadly fire, SI Subodh Lakra, AC Sunil Kumar Sharma, AC Ranjit Mandal and CT/GD Gulab Singh survived narrowly from the bullets as they were in the front flank of the advancing party. After giving the due warning, commanders. retaining their effective command on their troops, retaliated back in self defence and the security of the government properties. Utilizing high degree of field craft, SI Subodh Lakra, AC Sunil Kumar Sharma and AC Ranjit Mandal commanding their respective parties, tighten the cordon by approaching close to the hideout from the left and the right flank respectively. PLFI Cadres noticed both the parties coming close to them and opened heavy volume of fire aiming on the visible security forces personnel. Since SI Subodh Lakra, AC Ranjit Mandal and CT/GD Gulab Singh were in the front of the right flank of the approaching party towards the hideouts, they came under heavy fire of the PLFI Cadres. Even though they did not stop the advance and without caring of their precious lives kept on advancing and opened effective fire on the PLFI Cadres. The situation was same with SI Subodh Lakra, AC Sunil Kumar Sharma and AC Ranjit Mandal, and CT/GD Gulab Singh have shown total disregard for their personal safety and lives and kept on advancing and chased the PLFI Cadres. As a result three were apprehended alive with their arms and ammunitions. S.I Subodh Lakra, HC Raja Ram, Ct. Shem Toppno supported form second flank. At the end of the encounter a search was conducted in which one PLFI Cadre was found dead who was identified as Panchu Badaik and other one was found severely injured who was identified as Bharat Singh @ Tharthari. After giving the first- aid to him, he was evacuated immediately to Bano hospital. However ,Bharat Singh @ Tharthari was reported dead on 01/09/2014 at RIMS Ranchi. The three apprehended PLFI Cadres identified as Sanjay Surin, Bhuneshwar Yadav and Jeevan Masiah Topno. Hideout was destroyed and the following arms and ammunitions were recovered from the encounter site.

In the entire operation despite heavy fire from the PLFI Cadres, scuffling with the PLFI Cadres and very probability of peril to their lives, the above Personnel have exhibited an exemplary courage towards carrying out their duties related to command /control and carrying out the orders. The nerve exhibited by them under life threatening circumstances is not only exemplary but also shows highest degree of courage, gallantry, dedications and commitment to duty.

In this encounter, S/Shri Subodh Lakra, Sub Inspector, Raja Ram Singh, Havildar and Shem Toppno, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 31/08/2014.

A. RAI Officer on Special DutyPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 487 No. 72-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry/2nd Bar to Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Jharkhand Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Rumal Sewaiya, (PMG) (Posthumously)

Constable

02. Harshpal Singh, (2nd Bar to PMG)

Addl. Superintendent of Police

03. Ramasankar Ram, (PMG)

Constable

04. Shah Faisal, (PMG)

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On receipt of an input that Kalika Munda @ Chandan zonal commander of CPI (Maoist) of Kundan Pahan faction will be meeting a local contractor for collecting levy amount near the forest area of vill Ladhup and Dulmi under P.S. Khunti on 18/08/2015, SSP Ranchi, formed a five member strike squad, accompanied by Harshpal Singh Addl. S.P. (Ops) Ranchi, CT Shah Faisal, CT Ramashankar Ram and Dvr. CT Rumul Sawaiya. To provide assistance to strike squad during contingency a twelve member support team was also formed.

After verifying the authenticity of the input, immaculate planning regarding choice of vehicle, dress code, selection of personnel in strike and support group, communication drills etc., strike squad started for the core area at 1330 hrs. on 18- 08-2015 after giving prior intimation to the higher formations. Further during course of movement threat assessment, reconfirmation of input as well as zeroing of point of levy transaction was being continuously done by both SSP Ranchi and Addl. S.P. (Ops). At about 1500 hrs., this operational input was also shared with S.P. Khunti as the probable area fell under Khunti P.S.

After traversing a distance of 25 km approx. from Khunti town, at around 1615 Hrs., as soon as the strike squad reached the probable spot, near village Ladhup, the vigilant look of Dvr. CT Rumul Sawaiya spotted 7-8 armed Maoists in regular attire and in turn he alerted the strike squad immediately. With almost negligible time to react and there was considerable gap between strike and support group, the commanders SSP Ranchi and Harshpal Singh Addl.S.P. (Ops) decided to go for tactical advance.

As per instant strategy, the strike squad vacated the vehicle quickly and started moving towards the target cautiously. The strike squad had hardly traversed 40-50 yards on foot, the Maoists started indiscriminate firing on them. The intial volley of fire by the Maoists proved to be fatal for the valiant Dvr. CT Rumul Sawaiya who was hit on his head.

The valuable loss at a crucial juncture of fire exchange didn't dent the fighting spirit of the undeterred and valiant commanders SSP Ranchi and Harshpal Singh Addl. S.P. (Ops) and their gallant men CT Shah Faisal, Ct Ramashankar Ram and they continued retaliating fearlessly in a befitting manner.

The scenario worsened when SSP Ranchi was hit by bullet on his chest and Ct Shah Faisal also sustained bullet injury during exchange of fire. Despite being one martyred, it was then with great spirit-de-corps, indomitable courage, utmost devotion to the duty, a great self-confidence in capability and bravery of SSP Ranchi, Harshpal Singh Addl.S.P. (Ops), CT Shah Faisal, CT Ramashankar Ram which led to a turn-around in fortunes and the fierce offensive firing of the strike squad completely unnerved the maoists and they started fleeing. Few Maoists were badly hit in this unstoppable onslaught by strike squad and this fact was later corroborated by technical input also.

After 25-30 minutes of intense firing, under the bold and inspirational leadership of SSP Ranchi, started the commendable rescue part which was amazingly done by him alongwith the remaining two members of strike squad. The bruised and exhausted trio, SSP Ranchi, Harshpal Singh Addl. S.P. (Ops) and CT Ramashankar Ram under life threatening circumstances not only put the injured Ct Shah Faisal, martyred Dvr. CT Rumul Sawaiya into the vehicle but also carried the corpse of killed naxal, his AK-47 along with them. Since Dvr. CT Rumul Sawaiya was martyred, Harshpal Singh Addl. S.P (Ops) himself drove the vehicle and gave the intimation to SP Khunti regarding the incident enroute.

Later it was revealed that the killed outlaw was "Kalika Munda @ Chandan", Zonal Commander CPI (Maoist) of Kundan Pahan faction, a prominent face propagating red terror in at least four districts of Jharkhand i.e. Ranchi, Khunti, Saraikela, W. Singhbhum; wanted in scores of cases of serious nature; responsible for killings of security personnel; an expert in IED blasts and fatal ambushes.

In the aforesaid ops, the strike squad members besides being mentally tough, lionhearted and determined, have also exhibited exceptional intelligence work/planning, rational decision-making, incomparable crisis management skills and exemplary military acumen. It is indeed commendable that the gallant action took place against the back drop of an adverse terrain as the maoists were challenged in their den and they had sufficient arms and ammunitions to blow up the small strike party.

Recovery made:

1. AK-47 - 01 with 01 magazine (10 rds. in mag. & 01 live rd. in chamber).

2. AK- 47 Magazine – 06 Nos.

3. AK- 47 rds- 135 Nos.

4. 9mm Pistol – 01 No.

5. 9mm rds. – 07 Nos.

6. Motorola Walkie – Talkie set – 01 No.

7. 315 bore Pistol (country made) – 01 No.

8. Mobile Phone with SIM – 06 Nos.

In this encounter, S/Shri Late Rumal Sewaiya, Constable, Harshpal Singh, Addl. Superintendent of Police, Ramasankar Ram, Constable and Shah Faisal, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal/2nd Bar to Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 18/08/2015.

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No. 73-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the 7th Bar to Police Medal for Gallantry/1st Bar to Police Medal for Gallantry/Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Manipur Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. P. Sanjoy Singh, (7th Bar to PMG)

Inspector

02. L. Bikramjit Singh, (1st Bar to PMG)

Jemadar

03. M. Robindro Singh, (PMG)

Sub Inspector

04. A. Shanti Singh, (PMG)

Havildar

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 06/01/2015 at about 9 AM, Inspector, P. Sanjoy Singh, Officer-in-charge of Commando, Imphal West District, who is not only one of the gallant officers of Imphal West District but also an idealistic officer received a specific input about the presence of Ruhini @ Biren, S/S Home Secretary, United Liberation Front (URF) and Tiken @ Lankhomba, Assistant Central Finance of URF, who are dreaded activists of URF responsible for the bomb explosion that took place at M.G. Avenue, Imphal Bazar and Khoyathong, Thangmeiband in which five non-Manipuris were massacred and causing injuries to others which sent shock waves across the State. The input further states about the presence of some armed cadres of United Revolutionary Front (Lalheiba faction) which is one of the conglomerate groups of KCP in a house at Kwakta Khuman Mayai Leikai of Bishnupur District. On receipt of the information, Inspector P. Sanjoy Singh organized his Commando team of Imphal West District with close coordination with Commando of Bishnupur District. After proper briefing, the force rushed towards Kwakta Khuman Mayai Leikai.

On reaching the location, the force was tactically deployed covering vantage points including bushes and road crossings. During the operation by encirclement, one particular house belonging to one Md. Majibur Rahman (33) years, s/o Late Md. Ibo of Kwakta Khuman Mayai Leikai was cordoned off and Inspector P. Sanjoy Singh with Havildar A. Shanti Singh quietly and tactically sneaked towards the western side of the house and started to search the house.

While carrying out the search with extreme caution, one person opened fire towards the party from inside the toilet keeping the door of the toilet ajar with an intention to kill the police party and made good escape. Inspector P. Sanjoy Singh and Havildar A. Shanti Singh who had hair breadth escape of the bullet of the terrorist, in utter disregard of their personal safety and with belligerent posture and high degree of responsibility, immediately took position and retaliated the firing towards the toilet in such quick succession that the terrorist could not get the chance to disappear. The terrorist was hit by the bullets of Insp. P. Sanjoy and Havildar A. Shanti Singh and succumbed to the injuries and one pistol was recovered from his possession.

Sensing the possibility of the presence of other terrorists inside the house, Inspector P. Sanjoy Singh with Jemadar L. Bikramjit Singh further advanced towards the eastern side of the house tactically with iron nerve and dogged determination to get the terrorists, if found in the house. But suddenly, one terrorist opened fire towards the side of Jemadar L. Bikramjit Singh and SI, M. Robindro Singh on the eastern side of the house and Jemadar L. Bikramjit Singh and SI, M. Robindro Singh without caring for their personal lives and impelled by high degree of responsibility returned the firing towards the terrorist and as such, there was a brief encounter. The terrorist was hit by the bullet and succumbed to the injuries. One pistol was recovered from near the dead body.

This refers to FIR case No. 3(1) 2015 MRG P.S. u/s 307/341 IPC, 20 UA (P) Act & 25 (1-C) Arms Act.

The deceased terrorists have been identified as:-

(a) Puyam Mongyamba @ Biren @ Sunil @ Ruhini Singh (50) years, s/o (L) P. Indu Singh of Khurai Chingambam Leikai, Imphal East District.

(b) Keithellakpam Tiken Singh @ Lankhomba (44) years, s/o K. Anganghal Singh of Naoremthong Khullem Leikai, Imphal West District.

The following arms and ammunition were recovered and after the completion of investigation formalities, the dead bodies have been handed over to the relatives of the deceased:-

(a) 1 (one) hand grenade

(b) 1 (one) pistol marked as "BO6731" with magazine and 4 (four) live rounds

(c) 1 (one) pistol marked as "CZ75BCAL 9 LUGER" with magazine and 5 (five) live rounds

(d) 14 (fourteen) empty cartridges

(e) 2(two) mobile handsets

In this encounter, S/Shri P. Sanjoy Singh, Inspector, L. Bikramjit Singh, Jemadar, M. Robindro Singh, Sub Inspector and A. Shanti Singh, Havildar displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These award are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal/1st Bar to Police Medal/7th Bar to Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 06/01/2015.

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No. 74-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Uttar Pradesh Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Prem Veer Rana, Inspector

02. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Sub Inspector490 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 03. Manish Bist

Sub Inspector

04. Zarrar Husain,

Head Constable

05. Parvesh Kumar, Head Constable

06. Prabhat Kumar,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

Shri Sanjay Pandey, Sub Inspector In-charge SWAT, Crime Branch, Saharanpur, received information from SSP, on 05.06.2015 at about 1305 hrs., about the movement of 04 criminals, in I-20 car, towards Saharanpur, to commit some heinous criminal activity, immediately sprung into action and promptly, deliberating strategy, with his team, to arrest criminals, quickly left in government vehicle, on Malhipur road, towards Badgaon.

Shri Sanjay Pandey accompanying SWAT team, when reached near Ambehta Chand, a fast-coming I-20 car was seen coming and as soon as car came in proximity, he pointed car to stop, instead, driver of car, drove it faster, towards Saharanpur, but alert, Shri Sanjay Pandey, immediately informed SSP., swiftly chased I-20 car, which drove fast in village Halgoya, but due to excessive speed, dashed, a house, in narrow lane and 04 crime-clever criminals, taking automatic weapons and bags, in their hands, alighted and ran towards forest, across lane. Shri Sanjay alongwith team, virtually jumped from government vehicle and challenged fleeing criminals to surrender, but crafty criminals, daringly opened abrupt incessant firing to kill police team, yet, undeterred, Shri Sanjay Pandey and his team, without caring for their safety, fearlessly, continued chasing, with controlled reply-firing. As, criminals, running onward Shri Premveer Singh Rana SHO, Rampur Maniharan, on instruction of SSP, arrived with police team. The miscreants finding themselves trapped, continued sharp incessant firing, furiously, from their automatic weapons. SHO, challenged criminals, to surrender, strategically crawled and Shri Sanjay, accompanying his Team with indomitable courage, to capture, criminals alive, and resorting controlled firing, fearlessly, moved ahead, but in intensive fire criminals, by automatic weapons, SWAT Team was hit and Shri Sanjay, Shri Manish Bisht SI, & HC Pravesh escaped unhurt, because of BP jackets, whereas, HC(P) Zarrar Husain and Constable Prabhat Kumar were injured seriously. SHO and Shri Sanjay, in this face to face combat and do or die situation, dauntlessly led the attack, with SI Manish Bisht, HC Pravesh Kumar and injured HC(P) Zarrar Husain and Constable Prabhat Kumar, without caring for their life and limb and displaying conspicuous gallant, courage and devotion to duty and determined to capture the criminals, alive, fearlessly with strategic field-craft, moved ahead, in their firing range and courageously fought back, resorting firing in self defence, resulting 02 criminal fell wounded, at 1530 hrs., whereas, another 02 criminals run away, were chased and arrested, same day.

Both the criminal were later declared dead and identified to be-dreaded, cruel extortionist, robber and murderer Absconding criminal Gang-leader Rahul Khatta, having declared reward of 77,500/- by DsGP of UP, Uttrakhand and Delhi and sharp-shooter Dharmendra@Binte. Sophisticated illicit firearms-SLR, carbines and live and used ammunitions, in huge quantity were recovered.

Recovery:-

(1) One SLR with magazine, 01 live and 08 empty cartridges of 7.62bore.

(2) One pistol with magazine, 18 live and 06 empty cartridges of .30 bore

(3) One carbine with magazine, 08 live and 08 empty cartridges of 9mm bore.

(4) One pistol with magazine made in USA, 02 live and 08 empty cartridges of .32bore.

(5) One pistol, 06 live cartridges of .455 bore.

(6) One carbine country made.

(7) Four ammunition belt with 107 live cartridges of .315 bore.

(8) One carbine country made with magazine 38 live cartridges of .32bore.

(9) Two rifle and 02 empty cartridges of .315bore.

(10) One magazine .32 bore, loaded with 04 Live cartridges.

(11) One sharp knife.

In this encounter, S/Shri Prem Veer Rana, Inspector, Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Sub Inspector, Manish Bist, Sub Inspector, Zarrar Husain, Head Constable, Parvesh Kumar, Head Constable and Prabhat Kumar, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 05/06/2015.

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No. 75-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Uttar Pradesh Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Manish Kumar Mishra, Dy. Superintendent of Police

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 20.01.2010, a day light kidnapping of 11 years old Gaurav Mishra took place from Aliganj area of Lucknow city. The boy was coming back from CMS School of Lucknow city. A demand of 1.50 Crore as ransom money created panic in the State capital. The task of rescuing the kidnapped boy was entrusted by the DGP, Uttar Pradesh to the DIG/SSP, Lucknow and SSP STF who after proper planning and mutual consultation led the respective rescue teams. Available intelligence and analysis of mobile phones data revealed the location of the kidnappers around Lucknow-Hardoi border. Both the officers immediately sprung into action, rushed to the border and strategically positioned themselves, so as to apprehend the Indica Car which had been used in kidnapping.

On 21.1.2010 at around 8 AM the Indica Car was spotted at the Hardoi border, DIG and SSP alerted the accompanying force and made a valiant attempt to stop the car. The miscreants inside the car opened fire and a bullet damaging the right window of the officer's Ambassador car was embedded into the back seat. Both the officers had a narrow escape owing to their alacrity. They however chased the car and instructed the other team led by Addl SP and Dy.SP Manish Mishra to round up the miscreants. Realizing that he was entrapped, the driver of the Indica car turned right on Kuchcha road. The officers left their vehicles and showing extra ordinary courage chased the criminals who were constantly firing from the car. However the rear tyre of the car was busted by the DIG's bullet. The kidnappers then abandoned the car and took position behind the tree and bushes and continued to fire indiscriminately. DIG/SSP, Addl. SPS and Shri Manish Kumar Mishra, Dy. SP without caring for their own lives and exhorted the miscreants to surrender. The police fired at them as a last resort and that too in self defence. One bullet hit Addl. SP injuring his left leg while the others escaped narrowly. The police party used the skills of field craft and tactics in completing the operation successfully, which resulted in rescuing the child. The four culprits died during the exchange of fire and following arms/amn were recovered:-

1. 01 factory made pistol .9 mm, 02 live cartridges and 01 empty shell of .9 MM bore.

2. 02 country made pistols .315 bore, 02 live cartridges and 02 empty shells of .315 bore.

3. 01 country made pistol .12 bore and 01 empty shell of .12 bore.

In this encounter, Shri Manish Kumar Mishra, Dy. Superintendent of Police displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 21/01/2010.

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No. 76-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Border Security Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Abhijeet Kumar Singh, Constable492 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

50 Battalion BSF is deployed in a smuggling prone area of Amritsar (Punjab). In the intervening night of 28/29th March, 2015, at about 0050 hrs, Constable Abhijeet Kumar Singh, who was on HHTI duty along the border fencing in the area of responsibility of BOP Rattankhurd, observed suspicious movement of four armed personnel on HHTI moving cautiously from Pakistan side towards border fencing in area between Border Pillar No. 100/3 and 100/4 S. He immediately informed about his observation to HC(G) Prem Chand, who also confirmed suspicious movement of smugglers.

Since there was no time to call other personnel, Constable Abhijeet Kumar Singh despite being alone, without wasting any time, sprang into action and got down from HHTI tower. He appreciated the ground situation and decided to face the challenge alone, using field craft and tactical knowledge. After stealthily crawling. approximately 150 mtrs, he reached near the Pak smugglers who were armed with AK-47 rifle and trying to insert a PVC pipe inside the Border fence. Knowing that Pak smugglers were armed; Constable Abhijeet Kumar Singh without caring for his life bravely challenged them to stop. On his verbal challenge, smugglers in depth fired upon him and one armed smuggler tried to align his AK-47 Rifle towards him to fire. Sensing danger to his life, Constable Abhijeet Kumar Singh gallantly retaliated with fire. Due to the quick reflexes and timey action by Constable Abhijeet Kumar Singh, one of the smugglers got hit by bullet, who was trying to aim the AK-47 rifle and the other smuggler who was trying to insert the pipe also clot killed on the spot. Other smugglers managed to escape from -the seen taking cover of wheat crops and darkness. After first light, surrounding areas was thoroughly searched during which dead bodies of two Pak smugglers along with 1-AK 47 Rifle, 2 magazines fitted with 31 live rounds (including 1 round loaded in the chamber), 12 kg suspected Heroin inserted in PVC pipe tied in a tubular cloth and 1 mobile Phone (Nokia) with 3 batteries and 1 Pak SIM were recovered from the site.

The elimination of two smugglers and recovery of Heroin along with Arms and Ammunition could be made possible due to courageous, gallant and prompt action by Constable Abhijeet Kumar Singh. His gallant action will have a great impact over the activities of smugglers/Anti-National elements and boost the morale of own troops besides adding to the glory of the force.

In this encounter, Shri Abhijeet Kumar Singh, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 29/03/2015.

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No. 77-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Border Security Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Ramesh Chand, (Posthumously)

Head Constable

02. Mahavir Singh,

Head Constable

03. Sajjan Singh,

Head Constable

04. Rajender Kumar,

Assistant Sub Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

171 Battalion BSF is deployed in a hyper sensitive Naxals infested area of District-Kanker (Chhattisgarh). On 12th April 2015 at about 2245 hrs, while leading the foot contingent of 05 personnel near newly established COB Chhote Bethia, HC Ramesh Chand of 171 Bn BSF along with HC Mahaveer Singh and HC Sajjan Singh entered into the kitting zone of the Naxal ambush on the Northern periphery of village Chhote Bethia. HC Ramesh Chand was hit by the very first hail of bullets and fell down on the ground. But not opting to remain helplessly lying there and wait for someone to help him, he crawled a few meters to gain a slightly better tactical position. Then, showing highest level of professionalism and true dedication towards the law of the land, he warned the Naxals to cease firing and surrender but they did not heed to his warning and keptPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 493 on bringing down heavy fire from automatic weapons. Sensing immediate danger to his patrol party, he himself counter attacked despite his injuries and also organized counter ambush by tactically employing his small party. The Naxals had the advantage of ground and they were firing from well-chosen positions. HC Mahavir Singh and HC Sajjan Singh although exposed in comparatively open ground stood fast by their leader and effectively denied any maneuverability to the Naxats when they tried to encircle them. During the encounter, the Naxals, who were 6-8 in numbers, triggered claymore mines and lobbed grenades at the party but could not intimidate the brave men to abandon their positions. Meanwhile, HC Ramesh Chand, maintaining his composure, informed his base about the incident and sought reinforcement. The remaining two members of his party, who were out of the killing zone, also took positions and kept firing.

ASI Rajender Kumar, who was in command of a party in bullet proof vehicle placed nearby, immediately responded to the call for reinforcement. On reaching, he found that HC Ramesh Chand, HC Mahavir Singh and HC Sajjan Singh were trapped in the killing area of Naxat ambush. He immediately placed his Bullet Proof vehicle in between Naxats and own party and ordered his party to bring down heavy fire on Naxats. He then, under fire evacuated HC Ramesh Chand and lived true to the traditions of BSF in risking his own life to safeguard his comrade in arms. HC Ramesh Chand was evacuated to PHC Bande, where he was declared as brought dead.

HC Ramesh Chand, HC Mahavir Singh, HC Sajjan Singh and ASI Rajender Kumar showed conspicuous courage, very high level of tactical acumen and boldly seized the initiative from the Naxals, which forced them to flee leaving behind their arms, ammunition and an injured comrade who had succumbed to his injury and was identified as Naxal commander Dasman Salam @JaldevVikas, Chamar Salam.

The rare and exemplary courage of HC Ramesh Chand inspired his comrade to give a befitting reply to the anti national elements. There are intelligence reports that three more Naxats were injured in the counter action out of which two of the injured have succumbed to the injuries.

Recoveries made :

In this encounter, S/Shri Late Ramesh Chand, Head Constable, Mahavir Singh, Head Constable, Sajjan Singh, Head Constable and Rajender Kumar, Assistant Sub Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 12/04/2015.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty494 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 No. 78-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Bhale Ram, Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

A specific intelligence input about the congregation of maoists near villages Kurumbada and Ghaghra, under PS- Arki, Khunti (Jharkhand) was received by 157 Bn CRPF and accordingly an operation was launched in the area by two platoons each of C/157 and G/157 along with State Police. The troops left the base camp Korwa on 08/01/2016 at around 0800 hours and reached close to their target area by surreptitiously traversing through the thick jungle.

The troops, as planned, then got divided into smaller groups to lay cut-offs at the probable escape routes around the village Kurumbada before launching the search. The task of placing the cut-offs in the forest to the East of the target village was assigned to Inspector Bhale Ram of C/157. For the purpose, Inspector Bhale Ram took along 40 troopers with him and advanced tactically. After placing two cut-offs of 10 men each he advanced towards point No. 3. But as he was guiding his troops to a tactically advantageous location i.e. atop a high ground in the forest, the maoists positioned above opened intense fire at them. The troops had accidently came across the camping site of maoists. Despite knowing that the odds were highly stocked against the troops because of strategic positioning and greater strength of the maoists, Insp/GD Bhale Ram retained his nerve and opened heavy fire at the maoists. His bold and brave retaliation infused confidence on other troopers of withstanding the sudden and severe onslaught of the maoists and they too opened heavy fire at the maoists. With a handful of troopers at disposal, counter-attacking a securely entrenched enemy was a distant idea but Inspector Bhale Ram, confident of his tactical understanding of the situation, ordered his troops to fire intensely with optimum use of continuous bursts with firing of grenades. As was expected the continuous blasts of grenades and incessant fire petrified the lower rank cadres of maoists and they fled away from the encounter site. But the senior level and other hardcore maoists who were in large numbers and perched on dominating firing positions were confident of their victory. They soon found out that the troops were not in such great numbers as suggested by their fire power and started encircling the troops in order to inflict maximum casualty. Sensing the plan, Inspector Bhale Ram advanced along with his troops to counter the move of maoists but a maoist positioned on a tree and firing incessantly was a big hurdle. Unmindful of the looming dangers, Inspector Bhale Ram moved out of his covers and fired a continuous burst at him. The bullets fired inflicted injuries on the maoist as he was seen falling from the tree.

This opened the much sought route to the troops and they charged ahead and turned the table around by gaining dominating positions and directing heavy fire on the maoists. The plan to encircle the troops was foiled by this move. Inspector Bhale Ram then directed other cut off parties to attack from flanks while he and his party rained bullets on the maoists and injured many of them. As a final blow to the morale of the maoists other cut off parties also attacked from the left and right flanks and the multidirectional attack spread panic among the maoists. Beaten by the valour and tactics of the troops, the maoists started fleeing and escaped into the jungle taking advantage of undulating ground and thick vegetation.

Indomitable courage under adverse situation, utmost devotion, able commandership and professional acumen displayed by Inspector Bhale Ram not only saved precious lives of his troops but also forced a well entrenched enemy to flee for their lives, after sustaining severe injuries, leaving behind a huge war like stores. During search of the area, One INSAS Rifle, one .303 Rifle, one .315 Bore 4 Rifle, 519 rounds of ammunitions, -8 Magazines, 10 empty cases, 7 ammunition pouches, 3 motor cycles, 4 Gas Cylinders (14.2 Kgs) of which two were wrapped with Cordex Wire and made IED), 5 small Gas Cylinders, 27 1EDs, 25 Kgs of Cordex Wire, 1 Laptop, 7 Mobile phones, 1 IED Remote, 66 VCDs and huge amount of maoist literature, uniforms, carry bags, utensils, daily use items etc. were recovered from the encounter site.

In this encounter, Shri Bhale Ram, Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 08/01/2016.

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No. 79-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Niraj Kumar Singh, InspectorPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 495

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 20/03/2015 at about 0530 hrs, specific information was received from Army intelligence unit regarding movement of MULTA Dacoits in the area of village Itapara, U/PS Sadar, Distt- Nagaon (Assam). After getting information, CRPF troops of 34 Bn led by Insp/GD Niraj Kumar Singh along with State Police QRT u/c Town SI Badri Prasad Baruwati and Army Intelligence personnel carried out a joint operation at village Itapara, PS Sadar, Distt: Nagaon (Assam).

During operation at about 0645 hrs, when the troops reached near Itapara Lalungaon RCC bridge, they noticed 06 suspects riding on three motor cycles and ordered them to stop for checking. Instead of stopping, the suspects on motorcycles opened indiscriminate fire on the troops and tried to flee after jumping from the vehicles. In retaliation, the troops also fired and chased them. During the chase, Inspector Niraj Kumar Singh and SI Badri Prasad Baruwati of Assam Police ran after two of the dacoits who were wielding weapons and firing at the troops incessantly while fleeing. To stop the fleeing dacoits, Inspector Niraj Kumar Singh, without caring for the bullets being fired at him, fired precisely at one of the dacoits and inflicted injury on him. Thereafter he advanced ahead and overpowered the injured dacoit despite knowing the fact that the dacoit was still armed and his move would have been dangerous to his own life. Meanwhile SI Badri Prasad Baruwati of Assam Police who too was bravely chasing another dacoit was hit at his leg by a bullet fired by the dacoit. As he fell on the ground due to injury, the dacoit moved closer to him with the intention to kill him from a close range. On seeing the life of SI Badri Prasad Baruwati under grave danger as the dacoit was about to shoot him, Inspector Niraj Kumar Singh with lightening reflexes took a careful aim and amidst prevalent threats to his own life shot the dacoit dead thereby saving the life of his beleaguered teammate.

Though Inspector Niraj Kumar Singh had himself suffered some bruises during the scuffle, he remained undeterred throughout the operation which further yielded apprehension of 3 more notorious dacoits. The operation resulted in a killing of a Dacoit namely Majibur Rehman and apprehension of 4 other notorious dacoits, out of which two dacoits namely Kashem Ali & Mainul Hague had sustained bullet injuries. The troops also recovered one 7.65 mm pistol (made in Italy), one 7.65mm Magazine, one Country made pistol, one live ammn., one Mobile Handset and three motorcycles from the encounter site.

The operation is a fine example of close quarter combat wherein Inspector Niraj Kumar Singh displayed exemplary valour in neutralizing a dreaded aimed dacoit. He without caring for his own life firstly chased the dacoits and overpowered one of them and secondly when the life of SI Badri Prasad Baruwati was at grave risk, he reacted promptly and gunned down the dreaded dacoit.

In this encounter, Shri Niraj Kumar Singh, Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 20/03/2015.

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No. 80-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Banshi Lal Regar,

Assistant Commandant

02. Bilal Ahmad Ganaie,

Constable

03. Amit Chattaraj,

Constable

04. Sunny Kumar,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 27/02/2015, at about 1940 hrs. SOG Tral received information about the presence of some terrorists in a house at village Mominabad, Distt. Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir). The information was shared with A/185 Bn CRPF and 42 RR. Accordingly a joint operation was immediately launched after briefing the troops. During briefing the different components496 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 of Security Forces were given specific area to cordon and a combined assault team was formed. Thereafter the troops acted swiftly and without losing any precious time rushed to cordon the target house.

The village had treacherous terrain with thickly populated cluster of houses on one side and uneven hilly terrain on the other, posing twin risk of guerilla attack on SFs and probability of collateral damage. While the cordon was being laid, terrorists hiding in the house lobbed a grenade and opened heavy fire aimed at the assault team which was positioned near the gate in a bid to escape from the area. The grenade had exploded barely 10 feet away from the above personnel but their tactical position and vigilant reaction against the impending explosion kept them safe. The assault team which included Shri Banshi Lal Regar, Asst. Comdt., Constable Bilal Ahmad Ganie, Constable Amit Chattaraj and Constable Sunny Kumar immediately retaliated fiercely to the fire while simultaneously taking cover behind the boundary wall. Failing in a bid to escape by the fierce retaliation of the troops, the terrorists rushed back inside the house and started shouting anti-national slogans in local dialect and again opened indiscriminate fire towards the gate.

Shri Banshi Lal Regar at that moment took the lead and together with Constable Bilal Ahmad Ganie, Constable Amit Chattaraj and Constable Sunny Kumar moved to some distance, got tactically positioned on the boundary wall and together they fired courageously without caring for their lives. The fierce gun-fight lasted for around half an hour after which the firing from inside the house stopped. During the fierce gun battle Shri Banshi Lal Regar, Constable Bilal Ahmad Ganie, Constable Amit Chattaraj and Constable Sunny Kumar displayed utter disregard to their personal life and safety, faced the onslaught of the terrorists bravely and did not give them a chance to escape or inflict casualties on Security Forces. As the firing from inside the house stopped, the Security Forces reorganized themselves to launch an assault inside the house. An Assault Party was formed which included the above four brave troopers. The Assault Party had a task which entailed risk of life wherein they had to approach a heavily armed enemy positioned somewhere inside the house and ready to fire bullets at any intruder. Nevertheless, Shri Banshi Lal Regar accepted the challenge and ordered his troops to enter the gate of the house in buddies and the next buddy would enter only when the first buddy had positioned itself behind a cover. Further leading from the front he entered the gate with his buddy Constable Bilal Ahmad Ganie and they took position behind a tree. After putting the house under observation for few seconds, they moved further ahead to get positioned close to house but suddenly a terrorist rushed out the target house raining volley of bullets at them. Shri Banshi Lal Regar immediately jumped and pushed Constable Bilal Ahmad Ganie to ground, as the bullets just whizzed past them, and the two fired and gunned the terrorist down. Taking advantage of the melee, another terrorist jumped out of a window and ran towards the rear of the house. But by then, Constable Amit Chattaraj and Constable Sunny Kumar had entered the premises of the house and as they saw the terrorist fleeing they ran after him. The terrorist, on being chased, fired a fusillade of bullets aimed at the two constables. The constables were lucky enough that the bullets did not hit them. Then the two in a rare display of bravery and without getting bogged down by the fierce fire, fired at the terrorist while keeping the chase on. From their precise fire the terrorist suffered injury but did not give up and kept firing at them. But it did not take long for the brave and courageous persons namely Constable Amit Chattaraj and Constable Sunny Kumar to silence and neutralize him.

After the firefight ended, a search yielded the recovery of dead bodies of two hardcore HM terrorists, viz Shabeer Ahmad Mir, Category "A", r/o Dadsara and Idrees Ahmad Shah, r/o Noorpora, besides the following arms and amn:-

1. Rifle AK 47 - 02 Nos.

2. Magazine AK-47 - 06 Nos.

3. Rounds - 80 Nos.

In this encounter, S/Shri Banshi Lal Regar, Assistant Commandant, Bilal Ahmad Ganaie, Constable, Amit Chattaraj, Constable and Sunny Kumar, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 27/02/2015.

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No. 81-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Anil Kumar Singh,

Deputy CommandantPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 497 02. Manoj Kumar Bisoyi,

Head Constable

03. Sukesh Mahto,

Constable

04. Pramod Kumar,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

An intelligence input about presence of a maoist dasta at Jhumra Pahar, under PS Chatrochati, District Bokaro (Jharkhand) was received by 26 Bn CRPF. Based on the information, an operation code-named "Parakram-1" was planned and launched by the joint troops of 26 Bn CRPF, 203 CoBRA and State Police. After a thorough analysis of the terrain, past incidents, villages sympathetic to maoists and presence of water points in the area, seven suspected villages i.e Baltharwa, Aman, Danra, Nawdanda, Jamuabera, Simrabera and Dhori were targeted. For each of the suspect villages, a separate team was formed under a bold and brave commander. Accordingly, the task to search village Danra was assigned to Sh. Anil Kumar Singh, Deputy Commandant and his team which comprised of Battallion QAT and State Police component.

As per the plan, the operation was launched on 07/02/2016 at 1700 hours and the teams moved to their pre-decided target under the cover of dense vegetation maintaining complete secrecy. By 1830 hours, the team under command Shri Anil Kumar Singh reached near a point called Amba Nala, which was a strategic point for camping due to availability of water and presence of dense vegetation with undulated ground. The place was some 2 kms short of the target village Danra. As the place offered sufficient cover and opportunity for camping, Sh. Anil Kumar Singh decided to first search that area and then move to village Danra.

At around 1900 hrs., as Sh. Anil Kumar Singh was leading his team and searching the area, he noticed some suspicious movement atop a hilltop. But due to fading light it was difficult to distinguish between a maoist and a villager. As a precaution, he signaled his troops to stop the advance and lay low. To clarify the things, he formed a small recce team comprising of HC/RO Manoj Kumar Bisoyi, Ct/GD Sukesh Mahto and Ct/GD Pramod Kumar and surreptitiously led it towards the hilltop. But hardly had the recce team moved some paces ahead, a sudden and intense fire came at them from the top. Ready to face such a surprise attack, the recce team immediately retaliated and a fierce encounter at a close distance ensued. To pin the maoists down for launching a counter-attack, Shri Anil Kumar Singh ordered the troops present at rear to open heavy fire while he led his recce team to the flanks of the Maoists ignoring the fierce fire. Before the maoists could understand the astute tactics of the Commander, his small team rained bullets on them from a close quarter. In the attack some of the maoists sustained bullet injuries which spread panic in their ranks and they began to retreat.

However some of the maoists who were safely entrenched behind secured covers held the ground and fired intensely at the brave troopers. As the darkness had begun to set in and knowing that the enemy would try bravery flee under the cover of darkness, the four dare-devils in a rare show of bravery moved out of their covers and launched a concentrated fire at one of the holed maoists. Their concentrated fire resulted in killing of the maoist. The maoists by then had understood that if the movement of troops was not stopped then they would suffer a lot more casualties. To counter the troops, the maoists under cover of fire fled in different directions and took positions behind trees at a distance. Since it had become dark and the positions of the maoists could not be made out, Shri A K Singh then ordered his troops to take cover behind trees and keep retaliating to the intermittent fire of the maoists. The intermittent fire continued for another one hour after which the fire from maoists side subsided. Throughout the night the troops remained alert to defy any surprise attack from the maoists. At first light, the area was searched during which the troops recovered dead body of a maoist in green uniform, which was later identified as of Deva Lal Majhi R/o Village Asna Pani, PS Mahuatand, Bokaro along with one .315 Rifle. One injured female maoist namely Lalita Hansdah along with. a weapon was also apprehended from the spot besides recovery of huge amount of incriminating items, maoist literature and camping items.

In this encounter, S/Shri Anil Kumar Singh, Deputy Commandant, Manoj Kumar Bisoyi, Head Constable, Sukesh Mahto, Constable and Pramod Kumar, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 07/02/2016.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty498 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) [PART I—SEC. 1 No. 82-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Rajesh Shukla,

Constable

02. Randhir Singh,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 12/09/1992, an information was received that dreaded terrorist Khajan Singh, S/o Wassan Singh, resident of village Sattowali self styled Lt.Genl. of KCF was taking shelter in a farm house in village Villa-Vaju in area Longianwali and Bholewal. A search operation was launched in the area at about 0500 hrs with one platoon each of B/80 and E/80 under the command of Shri Mukhram Yadav, Asstt. Commandant and the local police. At about 1100 hrs, when these parties, searching various farm houses in the area, reached near the farm house of one Mangal Singh of village Longianwali, they came under heavy fire from one sugarcane field. The personnel of unit undaunted from heavy volume of fire immediately took position and returned fire. Amidst this heavy exchange of fire, Ct/GD Rajesh Shukla noticed one terrorist trying to escape from one sugarcane field to another. Unmindful of his own safety, Ct Rajesh Shukla displayed chivalry of highest order and rushed to cover the terrorist from the front to stop him from escaping. He was followed by Ct Randhir Singh. When the terrorist noticed Ct Rajesh Shukla rushing to cover him from the front, he fired a burst with his AK- 47 rifle. Ct Rajesh Shukla received four bullet injuries in his stomach. Despite being injured seriously with blood gushing out of the wounds, Ct Rajesh Shukla did not loose his composure and within a split of second fired back at the terrorist who was also injured, and fell down. While Ct Randhir Singh rushed to cover Ct Rajesh Shukla, he was also fired upon by another terrorist who was hiding some where in the sugarcane field. Not caring about the agony caused by the bullet injuries and blood which had smeared their bodies, Ct Rajesh Shukla and Ct Randhir Singh succeeded in covering the terrorists, who then entered into the house of one Smt. Mahinder Kaur in village Sattowali by crawling through the sugarcane field. Ct Rajesh Shukla and Ct Randhir Singh did not loose their trail and followed them to the house. In the meantime, remaining force personnel also reached there and put a cordon around the house. The terrorists had taken position in a room inside the house where they had already constructed a bunker. Grenades were then lobbed inside the room by making hole in the roof. The movement grenades started exploding, one terrorist tried to come out from the door of the room and he was killed in the firing. When there was no response to the firing from inside the house, it was then searched. The dead body of one terrorist was found there. One AK-47 rifle with 40 live rounds, one stick bomb and lot of empty cartridges were found from the room. The dead terrorist was recognized as Khajan Singh, S/O Wassan Singh of Village Sattowali, Lt. Genl of KCF group who was responsible for many killings in the area including security force personnel.

Ct Rajesh Shukla and Ct Randhir Singh acted in the most courageous manner, exhibiting chivalry, exceptional presence of mind, bravery, tenacity selfless devotion to duty without caring for their lives for the cause of annihilating the terrorists. But for their gallant efforts, the most wanted and notorious terrorists would have certainly managed to escape.

The dead body of killed terrorist was sent for post-mortem and arms/amn recovered were taken to Police Station Ghuman, where a case was registered U/S 307/34 IPC and 25- 54/59 Arms Act.

In this encounter, S/Shri Rajesh Shukla, Constable and Randhir Singh, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 12/09/1992.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty

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No. 83-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Vinay Kumar,

Assistant CommandantPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 499 02. Ashok Kumar Jat, (Posthumously)

Constable

03. Sudhir Kumar,

Constable

04. Ranjeet Kumar Tiwari,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 25/10/2015, at around 20:20 hrs, the Company Commander Shri Vinay Kumar, AC received information about the large gathering of maoists near a Nala and engaged in digging of the newly constructed Maraiguda-Gollapalli Road.

Three teams of F/217 were formed under command Shri Vinay Kumar, AC Defiant to potential threat of being ambushed by the established enemy, arduous terrain and ripping the darkness of the night, troops stealthily advanced towards the Nala which was surrounded with thick bushes and big trees. While approaching the target area troops observed some suspicious voices and movements near the Nala. Acting on the developments, troops got alerted for possible enemy presence and attack.

As the positions of maoists were not clear, the look-outs were sent to scan the area ahead and locate them. Displaying peerless bravery, CT/GD Ranjit Tiwari and CT/GD Ashok Kumar Jat took an intrepid forward move to cross the Nala to clear the area and locate the maoists, while the rest of the party took positions near Nala. While the duo brave hearts were fearlessly crossing the Nala, the maoists, positioned behind the bushes/trees, started indiscriminate fire on them. It was a well planned and gruesome ambush of the maoists. In this awful situation where death was flying in the form of bullets all around, the duo brave hearts were left with no cover from bullets. Holding their nerves and ground in critical situation, they retaliated bravely with their full capacity. Following continuous retaliation and adopting fire and move tactics, the duo fell back to join the troops.

To break the gruesome ambush of the maoists, a dared counter attack was then planned by crossing the Nala. As per plan, ASI/GD Gurmej Singh along with CT/GD Ashok Kumar Jat and CT/GD Sudhir Kumar were entrusted the task to engage the maoists from left flank while another team under command Vinay Kumar AC, CT/GD Ranjit Kumar Tiwari and others would launch the counter attack on maoists from front. But contrary to the expectations, the team advancing-to cover the left flank was heavily fired upon by the maoists. Due to the heavy fire of the maoists, the small team advancing from the left got caught in the killing zone and was left with minimal cover. Sensing the gravity of the situation, the team at left flank took positions behind minimal cover available and stood the ground firmly. Amidst heavy shower of bullets, the men inside the killing zone launched a ferocious counter attack on the well-fortified enemy.

During the fierce encounter, a stray bullet pierced through the chest of CT/GD Ashok Kumar and the blood began to ooze out of his body. But without caring for the profuse loss of blood, CT/GD Ashok Kumar kept firing at the maoists till he lost his consciousness. Meanwhile, CT/GD Sudhir Kumar who was also fearlessly fighting with the maoists also sustained a splinter injury. Despite of the fatal injury, CT/GD Sudhir Kumar held the ground firmly and kept the maoist at bay who were by the time had started to encircle the troops. In the do or die situation, where the maoists due to their numerical supremacy and tactical positions were raining havoc at the troops, a bold, courageous and let what may come decision was the need of time. Apprehending the fact, Sh. Vinay Kumar, AC and CT/GD Ranjit Kumar Tiwari displayed utter disregard to their lives as they advanced ahead towards the trapped team and blatantly attacked the maoists from flanks. Team leader, Sh Vinay Kumar, AC led his team from the front and directed CT/GD Ranjit Kumar to fire from UBGL on maoists. In the midst of flying bullets, CT/GD Ranjit Kumar without wasting any of the precious time fired precise and accurate grenades at the maoists positions. The accurate fire of UBGL inflicted injuries on the maoists which broke their moral and courage. As the troops made a further advance adopting sensible fire and move tactics while exhibiting conspicuous bravery troops the maoists began to flee deeper in the darkness, By showing extraordinary courage, tactical acumen and ferocious counter offensive action troops succeeded in breaking the ambush of maoists and thereby succeeded in the mission of saving the road from getting damaged. It was the gallant act of Sh. Vinay Kumar, AC, CT/GD Ranjeet Kumar Tiwari, CT/GD Ashok Kumar Jat and CT/GD Sudhir Kumar, who launched a concerted and fierce attack on the maoists forcing them to flee from their well established and pre-occupied positions. Both the injured were evacuated from the battlefield but CT/GD Ashok Kumar Jat succumbed to his injuries and sacrificed his life on the altar of duty. After the encounter huge quantity of Arms/Ammunition and other equipments were recovered from the site.

Recoveries made :-

1 Bharmar Gun

01 No.

2 Country made motor

01 No.

3 Electronic Detonator with wire 01 No

4 Copper wire

20 Mtrs

5 7.62x51 MM fired cases

02 Nos

6. .303 empty fired case

01 No.

7 Bow

03 Nos.

In this encounter, S/Shri Vinay Kumar, Assistant Commandant, Late Ashok Kumar Jat, Constable, Sudhir Kumar, Constable and Ranjeet Kumar Tiwari, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 25/10/2015.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty

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No. 84-Pres/2017—The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Sashastra Seema Bal:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Sanjeet Kumar, (Posthumously) Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 10/10/2015, on receiving an information from SP Godda (Jharkhand) about presence of a group of 20-25 Maoists moving around Pakrikhutta, Kathaldih area, a patrolling party consisting of 40 personnel of 18th Bn SSB Dumka alongwith 07 personnel of Jharkhand Police of PS Sundarpahari, Distt: Godda left Coy Hqr. Damru for area domination at Villages Pakrikudda, Dangapara and Kathaldih areas for patrolling.

On reaching Kathaldih Village, they noticed 03(three) villagers running away after seeing the troops. On their suspicious activity, Insp(GD) Shyamal Paul, Coy Commander 'A' Coy Damru SSB and SI Satyendra Prasad, SHO, PS Sundarpahari alerted the troops and ordered to take their position. As soon as the troops advanced towards the village, some unknown persons suspected to be Naxal opened fired against the patrolling party and troops immediately retaliated by counter firing. Constable (GD) Sanjeet Kumar immediately took position tactically after hearing the first firing sound and immediately moved upward and retaliated Naxals by opening controlled fire from his 5.56 MM INSAS Rifle. Despite heaving fire coming from naxal side, he did not care for his life and continued moving ahead and kept on firing. The brave action on the part of CT (GD) created fear among the Naxal compelling them to run for shelter which in turn enabled other force personnel to immediately take their position and act against the Naxal's attack. After fierce exchange of firing which lasted about two hours (0945 hrs to 1130 Hrs.), the troops forced the naxals flee the site of incidence. In the exchange of fire with Naxals, CT(GD) Sanjeet Kumar sustained a bullet injury above his left chest just above the B.P. Jacket plate. Thereafter he could not move but he had posed 'strong resistance in front of the naxals so that they could not inflict any further causality of the Force.

Thus, CT(GD) Sanjeet Kumar displayed exemplary courage, bravery and gallant action by performing his duties with zeal and dedication and remained committed to his duties till his last breath and made supreme sacrifice in the service of the nation.

Recoveries made :-

1. SLR rifle

- 01 No.

2. Magazine

- 04 No.

3. 7.62 MM bal ammunition

- 69 Nos.

4.    5.56 MM INSAS magazine                           -         01 No.
5.    5.56 MM INSAS Round empty cases                  -         08 Nos.
6.    Motorola Walkie Talkie                           -         01 No.
7.    Nokia mobile                                     -         01 No.
8.    Tablet vidiocon                                  -         01 No.
9.    Rs. 200/-

In special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 10/10/2015.

A. RAI Officer on Special Duty

MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

New Delhi, the 13th April 2017

RESOLUTION

No. 11015/1/2013-OL Policy—Consequent upon Shri Vijay Goel, Member of Parliament ( Rajya Sabha) sworn as Union State Minister and in partial modification of resolution of even number dated 17th February, 2015 regarding constitution of the Hindi Salahkar Samiti of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Shri Om Prakash Mathur, Member of Parliament ( Rajya Sabha) has been nominated as Member of Hindi Salahkar Samiti in his place.

ORDER

Ordered that a copy of this resolution be sent to all Members of the Samiti, allthe Ministries and Departments of the Government of India, President's Secretariat, Vice-President's Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office, Cabinet Secretariat, Lok/Rajya Sabha Secretariat, NitiAayog, Parliamentary Committee on Official Language, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Accountant General, Central Revenues,New Delhiandall State Governments and Union Territory Administrations.

Ordered also that the Resolution be published in the Gazette of India for generalinformation of the public.

A. ASHOLI CHALAI Jt. Secy.

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

(COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH)

New Delhi–110001, the 23rd March 2017

No. 1/3/2013-PD—It is notified for general information that for the purposes of the Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860), the Governing Body of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research has been reconstituted for a period of three years with effect from 06th January, 2017 to 05th January, 2020 and shall consist of the following:—

K. R. VAIDHEESWARAN Jt. Secy. (Administration)

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE)

New Delhi, the 13th April 2017

No.8-65/2017-PP.II—In partial modification of Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare Notification No.8-97/91-PP.I dated 26.11.1993, as amended from time to time, it is hereby notified for general information that the following entries shall be included by way of addition or replacement under the relevant heads specifying officers, by designation, who are authorized to inspect, fumigate orPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 29, 2017 (VAISAKHA 9, 1939) 503 disinfect and grant phytosanitary certificates in respect of plants and plant materials intended for export to other countries, which require such certificates:

I. Central Government

(lix) The Officer-in-Charge,

Plant Quarantine Station, Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) [Code No. 'C' (PPQS) 1 (59)]

(lx) The Officer-in-Charge,

Plant Quarantine Station, Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [Code No. 'C' (PPQS) 1 (60)]

Note: The original notification was issued by Department of Agriculture & Cooperation vide notification no. 8- 97/91-PP.I dated 26.11.1993 and subsequently modified vide notification no. 8-97/91-PP.I dated 25.11.97, notification no. 8-70/98-PP.I dated 30.09.1999, notification no. 8-86/2000-PP.I dated 06.11.2001, notification no. 8-86/2000-PP.I dated 06.05.2002, notification no. 8-86/2000-PP.I dated 30.05.2002, notification no. 8-33/2003-PP.I dated 7.6.2004, notification no.8-217/2004-PP.I(pt.) dated 11.05.05, notification no.8-217/2004-PP.I(pt.) dated 20.06.05, notification no.8-217/2004- PP.I(pt.) dated 8.12.05, notification no.8-217/2004-PP.I(pt.) dated 9.1.06, notification no.8-217/2004-PP.I(pt.) dated 26th December, 2011, notification no. 8-217/2004-PP.I(pt.) dated 30th January, 2013, notification no. 8-217/2004-PP.I(pt.) dated 6th July, 2015, notification no. 8-217/2004-PP.I(pt.) dated 21st June, 2016 and notification no. 8-217/2004-PP.I(pt.) dated 12th January, 2017.

ASHWANI KUMAR Jt. Secy.

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