A total of 1,466 police personnel nationwide received the ‘Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak’ 2025 on Friday. Among these are 40 Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF personnel who were instrumental in eliminating terrorists involved in the Pahalgham terror attack, which killed 26 innocents in India.
Nineteen officers from Jammu and Kashmir, including Inspector General (Kashmir range) V K Birdi and Senior Superintendent of Police (Srinagar) G V Sundeep Chakraborty, were awarded a medal for May’s Operation Mahadev. Sulieman alias Asif, who is believed to be the mastermind of the April 22 attack, was killed after security forces launched a surprise action, codenamed 'Operation Mahadev', following a technical signal indicating satellite phone use by the perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack. The other terrorists identified as Jibran — who was allegedly involved in the Sonamarg Tunnel attack last year — and Hamza Afghani were also killed by the forces during the operation.
Following the deadly Pahalgam attack on April 22, where terrorists shot dead 26 people (mostly tourists) at Baisaran meadows, the armed forces launched 'Operation Sindoor' on May 7 against terror infrastructure in Pakistan. A "long-drawn operation" by the 24 Rashtriya Rifles and 4 Para unit ultimately located and neutralised the group of terrorists involved in this massacre.
Apart from IG Birdi and SSP Chakraborty, a DIG, two SPs, three DySPs, two sub-inspectors, two ASIs, two head constables, and four constables received the medals.
In the CRPF, one assistant commandant was among 21 personnel honoured with the medal.
"Initiated under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and guidance of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah, 'Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak' will boost the morale of all police personnel," an official statement said.
The medals are given in recognition of their excellent work, high professional standards, and to boost the morale of the concerned official/officer in four fields — special operations, investigation, intelligence and forensic science, according to an official statement.
The medals, instituted on February 1, 2024, are conferred on members of police forces, security organisations, intelligence wings, special branches of state and Union territories, Central Armed Police Forces, Central Police Organisations and forensic science departments across the country.
The medal is announced on October 31 every year, on the occasion of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary, it said.
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