Sub-Inspector Vyas Dev, who lost his left leg after a Pakistani mortar shell fell at his border post, has been awarded, along with Constable Suddi Rabha, for undertaking a “risk-prone” mission to replenish ammunition to forward deployed troops during the operation.Dev’s citation said he “suffered life-threatening injuries, but he remained conscious, stabilised himself and bravely engaged in his given task, motivated his fellow soldiers and exhibited tremendous courage”.Rabha stood “shoulder-to-shoulder” with his commander (Dev) and refused to yield despite suffering grievous injuries.Another unit commanded by under-probation Assistant Commandant Abhishek Srivastav was deployed at the highly sensitive border post at Kharkola in Jammu, only 200 metres from the IB.On May 10, Srivastav along with his troops — Head Constable Brij Mohan Singh and Constables Depeswar Barman, Bhupendra Bajpai, Rajan Kumar and Basavaraja Shivappa Sunkada — engaged a swarm of Pakistani drones and neutralised them, but one UAV dropped a mortar shell in their bunker.Sub-Inspector Mohammed Imteyaj and Constable Deepak Chingakham were killed in this action.They are expected to be decorated with military medals for bravery posthumously.Another unit under Deputy Commandant Ravindra Rathore, Inspector Devi Lal, Head Constable Sahib Singh and Constable Kanwaraj Singh displayed “exceptional courage” and “operational brilliance” under intense pressure and saved the life of a fellow jawan “whose life was in peril”.
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