204 cops workers selected for Special Operation Medal

NEW DELHI: New Delhi: Two unique operations by the CRPF that assisted purge Jharkhand’s Latehar and Lohardaga districts of Left-wing extremists in between February and September 2022 along with an across the country crackdown by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in September 2022 versus extreme clothing Popular Front of India (PFI) that resulted in the arrest over a 100 leaders and cadres of the clothing, were on Tuesday picked for the Union Home Minister’s Special Operation Medal for the year 2023. An overall 204 security workers– consisting of 51 from CRPF, 9 from NIA, 14 from Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and 130 workers from Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal and Uttarakhand cops– have actually gotten acknowledgment for 4 unique operations with a high degree of preparation and high value for the security of the nation and its residents. The Union Home Minister’s Special Operation Medal is provided on Sardar Vallabhbhai’s birth anniversary in locations such as counter-terrorism, border action, arms control, avoidance of narcotics smuggling and rescue operations. Amongst the 51 CRPF workers honoured for Operation Double Bull carried out in Latehar and Lohardaga in February 2022 and Operation Octopus in Burha Pahar location throughout the junction of Garhwa and Latehar districts of Jharkhand in August-September 2
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