As a mark of respect to the supreme sacrifice made by Sukram Gawde, ‘Gopiniya Sainik’ (Secret Trooper) working with Dantewada DRG team, Inspector General of Police (IGP) (in-charge) Bastar Range Sundarraj P. has appointed Geetha Gawde, wife of the martryed trooper, as police constable in Dantewada District Police Unit, Dantewada District Superintendent of Police (SP) Kamalochan Kashyap informed on Sunday.
It is worth mentioning that on March 18, 2017 in a fierce gun battle with Maoists in Dorepara of Aranpur coming under police station limits in Dantewada District, Secret Trooper Sukram Gawde along with Constable Nirmal Netam had laid down their lives after killing senior Naxal cadres of Malangir Area Committee.
IGP (In-charge) of Bastar Range, Sundarraj P. had later met the family members of the martyr Sukram Gawde and consoled the grieving family.
Geetha Gawde, wife of martyred Sukram Gawde expressed her desire to join the Police force in which her husband was serving for last couple of years, the SP said.
Appreciating the contribution of Sukram Gawde in the huge success in the Dorepara operations in Dantewada, in which bodies of senior Maoist cadres along with a AK-47 and one INSAS rifle were recovered, the IGP immediately appointed Geetha Gawde as Constable in Dantewada District Police Unit, he said.
Similarly required formalities would be completed for appointment of wife of martyred Constable Nirmal Netam resident of Kohabahar village of Dugli police station limits in Dhamtari district as Constable in the Police department.