The Union Home Ministry has announced to award gallantry medals to three police officers of Madhya Pradesh on the occasion of Independence Day 2024. Hawkforce Inspector Anshuman Singh Chauhan, Head Constable Atul Kumar Shukla and Head Constable Manoj Kumar Kapse have been given this gallantry medal.
Anti-Naxal operation was planned on the night of November 30, 2022 after receiving intelligence about Naxalites moving around continuously in an attempt to cause casualties to the police force and kill forest workers and police informers in the Supkhar forest range under Garhi police station of highly Naxal-affected district Balaghat.
The 24-member party left under the leadership of Inspector Anshuman Singh Chauhan in the night itself. During the search, as soon as the police party reached the forest near Jamsehra Forest Naka while searching for possible hiding places of the Naxalites, the Naxalites who were already ambushed, agreed to kill the police force and loot the weapons. While countering the attack bravely by the police party, DVCM Ganesh, in-charge of the zone coordination team of KB division of the MMC zone of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) organization and commander of Bhoramdev area committee of KB division, Naxalite Rajesh alias Rajesh, carrying a reward of Rs 20 lakhs. Nanda Vanjam was razed to the ground.
In this encounter, Inspector Anshuman Singh Chauhan, Head Constable Atul Kumar Shukla and Head Constable Mr. Manoj Kumar Kapse made a remarkable contribution by displaying indomitable courage and killed the rewarded Naxalites, on the other hand, the lives of all the members of the police party were also protected.
DGP Sudhir Saxena, while congratulating the police officers who received gallantry medals over the phone, praised their brave work and inspired them to do even better work in the future and said that your indomitable courage, devotion to duty and passion for patriotism and public service have been appreciated by the department. Will inspire all the officers and employees to do excellent work.
Meanwhile Union Home Ministry announced the award of Vishisht Seva Medal to ADG Mohammad Shahid Absar, ADG Yogesh Chaudhary, Deputy Commandant Bharat Bhushan Rai, Inspector Sharda Prasad Chaudhary.
Meritorious Service Medal will be awarded to IG Sushant Kumar Saxena, IG Dr. Ashish, Commandant Atul Singh, SSP Prashant Khare, AIG Satyendra Kumar Shukla, AIG Dinesh Kumar Kaushal, ADCP Manisha Pathak Soni, SP Suman Gurjar, Assistant Commandant. Vedant Sharma, SI Revadhar Pant, SI Vishnu Prasad Vyas, SI Syed Ashfaq Ali, Subedar Ramkumar Morandani, Head Constable Charivuklayil Daniel, Head Constable Nandkishore Kosarkar, Head Constable Amarnath Yadav, Head Constable Ramchandra Singh, SI Bhanwarlal Jaiswal, Inspector Tilakraj Pradhan will be given medals.