CRPF-the Central Armed Police Force of the country has been awarded with 76 medals for gallantry which include one President’s Police medal for Gallantry. With this, the total number of gallantry medals won by the dedicated force personnel till now has reached upto 1976, the highest ever among all the CAPFs in the country. 62 force personnel have also been awarded with service medals. There are also seven CRPF bravehearts whose valour has been recognised by the nation more than once. Among them Naresh Kumar, assistant commandant is honoured with the prestigious PMG for the sixth time.
Dr AP Maheshwari, DG, CRPF has congratulated all the medal winners and their families. As announced by the government on the eve of the 71st Republic Day, four bravehearts of the force have been awarded with the prestigious gallantry medals.
Shaheed constable Utpal Rabha of the 209 CoBRA Bn- the PPMG awardee, had not only held his ground in the face of indiscriminate firing by the maoists but in the process ensured the safety of his team members too. He laid down his life fighting the maoists in the dense jungle of Khunti in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
The same strand of courage and conviction, valour and vivacity, persistence and patriotism, selflessness and sacrifice runs through the gallant acts of all the brave force personnel which rightfully fetched them the distinguished honour in the shape of the PPMG & PMG.