Awarded Ashoka Chakra for supreme sacrifice

On April 25 2014 Major Varadarajan had taken on terrorists up front

Updated At : 06:08 AM Jan 28, 2015 IST

*On April 25, 2014, Major Varadarajan had taken on terrorists up front. The officer killed one terrorist, but was attacked by his accomplice. Although bleeding profusely, the officer crawled ahead, fired and killed the second terrorist

*On August 24, 2014, Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh was leading a search operation in Kupwara. A terrorist threw grenades and opened heavy fire on him, but he shot him dead. He was shot in the chest by another terrorist. Despite grievous injuries, he pounced on the terrorist, snatched his weapon and killed him in hand-to-hand combat

Awarded Ashoka Chakra for supreme sacrifice

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