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Meet 2010's gallantry award winners

Last updated on: August 15, 2010 20:02 IST
An Afghan policeman jumps over debris at the site of a blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul

The President honoured the sacrifices of three officers and posthumously awarded them gallantry award on the eve of Independence Day. Let us meet these brave martyrs.

Major Laishram Jyotin Singh:

Singh was a doctor who was serving with the Indian mission in Afghanistan. He died while thwarting the terror attack on the Indian embassy at Kabul. Singh was awarded an Ashok Chakra.

Text courtesy: PIB

The brave SP who thwarted a Naxal ambush

Last updated on: August 15, 2010 20:02 IST
The wreckage of a passenger bus blown up by a landmine in Dantewada

Superintendent of Police, Vinod Kumar Choubey:   Choubey led a rescue party in Rajnandgaon, where he laid down his life while trying to beat back a Naxal attack on a police outpost in Madanwara. Choubey was awarded a Kirti Chakra.

'He laid his life for the nation'

Last updated on: August 15, 2010 20:02 IST
Inset: Capt Devinder Singh Jass. Photo: Indian soldiers patrol the fenced border with Pakistan
Captain Davinder Singh Jass: Jass laid down his life during an operation against terrorists in Kashmir, where he saved the lives of two of his comrades and killed a terrorist in hand to hand combat. Jass was awarded a Kirti Chakra.