Jammu: April 04, 2018: As many as four CRPF brave hearts have been given an out-of-turn promotion for their extra-ordinary vigilance and valour. It was due to their alertness and bravery that 6 militants were gunned down and a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered in two separate “fidayeen attacks” in Kashmir.
On the request of CRPF, the Ministry of Home Affairs has waived the eligibility criteria of promotion in respect of these four jawans in recognition of their gallant action and praiseworthy performance in the operational area in the militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir. While Head Constable A.S. Krishana has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspector, Constable K.Dinesh Raja and Constable Prafulla Kumar have been given out of turn promotion to the rank of Head Constable. The high professional promptness of these three bravehearts of the 45 Bn could thwart a deadly terrorist attack on the CRPF camp located in the Industrial Area (Training Ground) in Sumbal in the Bandipora district of Kashmir on 5th of June last year. Due to their alertness and subsequent raising of an alarm, not only the terrorist attack was foiled but also all the four heavily armed militants were neutralized on the spot itself.
Similarly, the brave constable Ghait Raghunath Ulhas, who was instrumental in thwarting a terror attack on the 23 Bn campus in Karan Nagar in Srinagar on 11th of February this year, was rewarded with a promotion to the rank of Head Constable. An alert Ulhas, who was on sentry duty, could sense the surreptitious movement of two heavily armed terrorists even in the wee hours and fired at them without caring for his own life. The subsequent action by the security forces saw the neutralization of both the militants.
The citation for all these four brave hearts of CRPF underlines their excellent soldierly qualities of vigilance, the courage of the highest order, the presence of mind, alertness, unflinching determination and extraordinary valour while taking into account their cases for out of turn promotion- a morale booster in itself. DG, CRPF has congratulated these four brave jawans on their elevation to their next rank.
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