CRPF men who died fighting in Jammu and Kashmir to get highest medal

Anjuman-e-Islam school students hold the tricolour on the eve of Independence Day, in Ahmedabad, on Tuesday. Pic/PTI

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable Sharief-ud-Din Ganaie and Head Constable Mohammad Tafail, who lost their lives in 2017 while fighting militants in J&K, have been posthumously selected for the President's Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) - the highest police medal.

Their names are among the 942 Central and state police personnel whom the government has selected for the 'Police Medals' on the 72nd Independence Day on Wednesday.

Ganaie and Tafail succumbed to bullet injuries while fighting three Jaish-e-Mohammed militants who, on December 30, 2017 midnight, attacked the CRPF's South Kashmir-based Lethpora camp. Of the medal winners, 117 personnel have been selected for the Police Medal for Gallantry, 88 for President's Police Medal for Distinguished Services and 675 for Police Medal for Meritorious Services.

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