Independence Day: ITBP personnel awarded Gallantry medals for bravery in Galwan Valley
Twenty-three Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel have been awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) on seventy fifth Independence Day. Out of those, as many as 20 have been awarded for bravery in Jap Ladakh skirmishes in Could-June, 2020. That is the very best variety of gallantry medals for ITBP awarded for the bravery of its males in border face-off/skirmishes/border guarding duties.
Eight personnel have been awarded the PMG for the gallant act, meticulous planning and tactical insightfulness and for defending the motherland in Galwan Nalla on June 15 final 12 months. A complete of six personnel have been awarded PMG for gallant motion throughout a violent face off on Could 18 final 12 months within the Finger IV space. Six personnel have been awarded PMG for his or her gallant motion close to Sizzling Springs in Ladakh on Could 18 final 12 months.
Moreover above, 3 individuals have been awarded PMG for displaying braveness, grit and dedication in anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh in July 2018.
Jap Ladakh
1. Rinku Thapa, 2nd In Command
2. Sarat Kumar Tripathi, Deputy Commandant
3. Arbind Kumar Mahato, Assistant Commandant
4. Nitin Kumar, Inspector
5. Patil Sachin Mohan, Sub Inspector
6. Manish Kumar, Head Constable
7. Manish Kumar, Constable
8 Kauppasamy M, Constable
9. Akshay Ahuja, Assistant Commandant
10. Dharmendra Kumar Vishwakarma, Assistant Commandant
11. Ravindra Maharana, Inspector
12. Shiv Shankar Tiwari, Head Constable
13. Stanzin Thinles, Constable
14. Vinod Kumar Sharma, Constable
15. Kishor Singh Bisht, Commandant
16. Pankaj Srivastava, Assistant Commandant
17. Ghanshyam Sahu, Inspector
18. Ashraf Ali, Constable
19. Mohd. Shafkat Mir, Constable
20. Rigzin Dawa, Constable
Anti-naxal operations
21. Ravinder Singh Punia, Assistant Commandant
22. Kuldeep Singh, Inspector
23. S Muthu Raja
In japanese Ladakh, the ITBP troops not solely successfully used shields to guard themselves but in addition responded fiercely to PLA advancing troops and introduced the state of affairs beneath management throughout fierce face-offs and skirmishes. With the very best order {of professional} expertise, ITBP troops fought shoulder to shoulder and in addition introduced the injured troops to the rear. Even when the ITBP troops fought the entire night time, they obtained minimal casualties by giving befitting reply to the stone palters of the PLA. At locations, they gave decided standoff about 17 to twenty hours all through the intervening night time in extraordinarily difficult circumstances.
Because of the excessive altitude coaching and survival expertise of the drive within the Himalayan deployments on the icy heights, the ITBP troops stored the PLA troops at bay and as a result of all-out and befitting response of ITBP troops at a number of fronts, many areas had been safeguarded. The ITBP troops confirmed the very best stage of devotion, braveness, dedication, utter disregard for private security even in injured circumstances and exhibited nice skilled expertise within the face of violent bodily scuffle with the PLA.
Moreover these gallantry medals, 300 ITBP personnel have already been awarded DG’s commendation roll and insignias for bravery by Sh SS Deswal, DG ITBP in Jap Ladakh deployments of the ITBP in September final 12 months.
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