NEW DELHI: Three CRPF personnel who displayed exemplary braveness and resilience throughout encounters with terrorists in J&Ok shall obtain Shaurya Chakra. Two different police personnel named for Shaurya Chakra this Independence Day eve are anti-Naxal encounter specialists of Chhattisgarh Police – inspectors Laxman Kewat and Rameshwar Prasad Deshmukh.On Thursday, house ministry additionally introduced 1,090 police medals, together with 233 for gallantry, for personnel of police, fireplace, house guard, civil defence, and correctional providers. As many as 99 police personnel had been picked for the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) and 758 for Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM).Whereas two CRPF Shaurya Chakra awardees – constables Sanjay Tiwari and Feda Hussain – had engaged in a fierce terrorist encounter in Srinagar on Nov 2, 2024, and neutralised hardcore terrorists regardless of being injured, constable Saddam Hussain had killed a international terrorist three days later in a important engagement with terrorists in Bandipora.Amongst 1,090 medals introduced on Thursday, J&Ok police lead the desk with 143 medals, adopted by UP police with 95, CRPF with 82, BSF with 67, Maharashtra police with 49, Intelligence Bureau with 31, Gujarat police with 23, Andhra police with 22, and CBI with 21 medals. As many as 18 medals had been introduced for Delhi Police, together with three PSM and 15 MSM.Among the many 233 personnel honoured for bravery, 127 (or over 54%), are from J&Ok police, 20 from CRPF, 17 from UP police, 16 from BSF, 14 from Chhattisgarh police, 9 from Odisha police, seven every from Maharashtra police and Bihar police, 5 from Jharkhand police, three from Assam police, and one from Telangana police. Additionally, six fireplace personnel from Delhi, J&Ok and Maharashtra and a house guard/civil defence personnel from UP have been picked for gallantry medals.Whereas 152 gallantry medals honour actions in Jammu and Kashmir, 54 had been introduced for courageous acts in Left-wing extremism-hit areas, three within the North-East and 24 in different areas. 5 gallantry awards can be conferred posthumously.Twelve of the 14 gallantry medal awardees from Chhattisgarh police are personnel of District Reserve Guard (DRG), which includes largely surrendered and former Maoists. DRG has been instrumental in blowing the quilt of senior Maoist figures and has been within the lead throughout anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh. In actual fact, it had been DRG personnel who neutralised prime Maoist Basavaraju in Might this yr. The awards this yr, although, are operations undertaken in 2020, 2021 and 2023.Senior Chhattisgarh police officer Sunil Sharma (IPS), who as Sukma superintendent of police had led an operation that resulted in neutralisation of two Maoists, can also be on the 2025 gallantry medal checklist.