Anti-Naxal operations veteran gets Shaurya Chakra

NEW DELHI: A veteran of anti-Naxal operations from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), who has been shot five times by Maoists, has been granted a Shaurya Chakra this year. CRPF Deputy Commandant and five-time gallantry medal winner P R Mishra has become the only person from paramilitary forces to have been conferred the honour this Independence day for displaying exemplary courage in anti-Naxal operations.

Mishra, a commando trained officer of the elite CoBRA unit of the paramilitary, has been shot five times by Naxalites and has a record of continuously serving in Maoist-affected areas of Jharkhand for the past nine years.

Owing to his daredevil conduct and tough task master like heroics, the officer is popularly called as 'topgun' in the force and has recently been taken on special deputation by the Jharkhand government to serve in the Naxal hotbeds of the state and boost the morale of local policemen fighting Maoists.

Mishra is the lone recipient of the coveted military medal among 10 Army, Indian Air Force and Navy personnel this time. The Shaurya Chakra is the third highest peacetime gallantry medal.

A joint operation was launched by CRPF in September, 2012 to neutralize Naxal groups holed up in jungles of Chatra and Gaya-Palamu junction. After spotting the location of Maoist group in a house, Mishra crawled towards the house. Upon challenging, the Naxals opened heavy fire and Mishra was hit by four bullets while two other personnel were also seriously injured. Showing exemplary courage, Mishra continued with the assault that led to the death of one dreaded Naxal even as others fled the scene.

Mishra has a track record of getting these medals for his courageous exploits in difficult areas beginning 2009.

He has been awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry in 2009, twice in 2011, 2013 and the top medal-- Presidents Police Medal for Gallantry in 2012 apart from five commendation discs for operations by CRPF Director General and four by the Jharkhand police chief.

Mishra, who made news last year after being shot in a Naxal operation in Jharkhand last year and killing a dreaded Maoist cadre, recuperated in the hospital for only two months and got back to his favourite job-- counter-insurgency and jungle warfare operations.

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