Martyred CRPF Jawan Pradeep Kumar Panda was awarded the Kirti Chakra posthumously by President Ram Nath Kovind at a function in the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Panda’s wife received the gallantry award on his behalf from the President. In a Tweet, the President commended the “Exceptional bravery, raw courage, utmost dedication and commitment to duty in fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’ displayed by him.”
Notably, Panda, a resident of Liploi village in Rajgangpur of Sundargarh district and Constable of 130 Battalion of CRPF, was killed in a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama on December 31, 2017.
But before that he managed to eliminate three terrorists.