CRPF’s AC Naresh Kumar scripts history, bags his 7th Police Medal for Gallantry

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 14

Assistant Commandant (AC) Naresh Kumar, a courageous officer with sharp tactical acumen and indomitable courage, has scripted history by receiving the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) for the seventh time in a short span of four years.

“An officer with sharp tactical acumen and indomitable courage, Kumar has led the CRPF’s Valley Quick Action Team (QAT) in Srinagar, which has a glorious history of continued success marked with numerous gallantry medals that embellish its valour. This year alone, the Valley QAT has been adorned with more than 15 Gallantry medals,” the CRPF said.

Kumar got his first medal in 2017 for an operation conducted in Srinagar in 2016, during which he neutralised two foreign terrorists. In 2018, he was awarded two PMGs for neutralising two Hizbul Mujahideen commanders in a fierce operation, which lasted for three days.

This year alone, the Valley QAT has been adorned with more than 15 Gallantry medals whereas the erstwhile IG Srinagar Ravideep Singh Sahi and the present valley QAT Commander Loukrakpam Ibomcha Singh and his teammate Constable Devsant Kumar have been awarded Police Medal for Gallantry for a courageous operation in Srinagar on October 3, 2017, where two militants were neutralised by the security forces.