Five personnel of the ITBP, tasked to guard the Line of Actual Control with China, have been decorated with gallantry medals for displaying bravery in the anti-Naxal operations grid of Chhattisgarh on the eve of the Independence Day.
The force has been awarded a total of 19 medals in various service categories this time.
The five personnel, from the 44th battalion of the force, are Deputy Commandant Rajesh Kumar, Inspector Jitender, Head Constable Sukhdev Donkari and Constables Anil Negi and Mahesh Kumar.
"The troops have been decorated with the police medal for gallantry for displaying exemplary valour and extraordinary courage in a Naxal encounter that took place on October 25, 2017 in the jungles of Kamkasur and Kopankarka in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh," a force spokesperson said.
After a night-long encounter, three Naxal PLGA area committee members carrying Rs 5 lakh reward each were gunned down by this team. The troops exhibited raw courage and bravery in this action, ..
