SSP Sgr, Sujeet Kumar, Iftikhar Talib honoured
Srinagar, Aug 14: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday bagged the highest number of Gallantry Medals in the country on the occasion of Independence Day 2025, with 127 personnel being honoured for their exceptional bravery, the Ministry of Home (MHA) said.
Out of the 233 Gallantry Medals announced this year, 152 security personnel from the union territory have been recognised for their gallant actions.
The MHA said among the 152 personnel, the J&K Police top the list with 127 awards, followed by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF) and other security forces.
The Home Ministry said that this year, a total of 1,090 personnel from police, fire, Home Guard & Civil Defence, and Correctional Services across the country have been awarded Gallantry and Service Medals.
These include 233 Medal for Gallantry (GM), 99 President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM), and 758 Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM).
The full list of 127 J&K Police Gallantry Medal awardees is as follows:
A total of 25 Head Constables (HC): Nazir Ahmad Wani, Nisar Maqbool, Maajid Afzal Wani (1st Bar), Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Bilal Ahmad, Karan Singh, Ishfaq Ahmad Wani, Ab. Majid War, Agya Singh, Mohd Rafiq, Khalil Ahmed, Gayour-ul-Haq, Ali Mohd Sofi, Koshal Sharma, Yashpaul Singh, Ab. QayoomWani, Farooq Ahmad Awan (3rd Bar), Ravees Ahmad, Javed Iqbal, Zahoor Ahmad Wani, Mohd Shafi Dar, Khurshid Ahmed, Fayaz Ahmad, Javid Ahmad Shah.
Four Superintendents of Police (SP): Iftikhar Talib (3rd Bar), Sajjad Ahmad Shah, Naresh Singh, and Mamta Sharma.
Eleven Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySP): Shabir Ahmad Khan (1st Bar), Late Humayun Muzammil (1st Bar, Posthumous), Manoj Kumar, Mohan Lal (1st & 2nd Bar), Chhabil Singh, Raiz Ahmed, Shukat Rafiq Wani, Mohd Ameen Bhat, Raja Majid Batt (GM & 1st Bar), Sarfaraz Bashir Ganai (1st Bar), Hilal Khaliq Bhat.
Three Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP): Sahil Sarangal, IPS; G. V Sundeep Chakravarthy, IPS; Yougal Kumar (1st Bar).
Five Inspectors: Naseer Ahmad Malik, Arif Ahmad Sheikh, Zaffar Iqbal Dar, Zia-ur-Rehman, and Arjun Magotra.
Nine Sub-Inspectors (SI/PSI): Sheikh Abid, Zahoor Ahmed Khan, Rouf Ahmad Doom, Sheikh Wakeel Ahmad, Azad Ahmad Naik, Ishtiyak Latif Qureshi, Nitish Khajuria, Kashmir Singh.
Nine Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASI): Mohd Sadeeq, Narinder Singh, Ghulam Mohd, Azad Ahmad Naik, Davinder Kumar, Dawood Ahmad, Tanveer Mohd Bhat, Subash Chander, Zahoor Ahmad.
Twenty-five Selection Grade Constables (SgCT): Swarn Singh, Deepak Kumar, Rouf Ahmad Mir, ReyazHussain Shah, Naseer Ahmad Bhat (1st Bar), Shabir Ahmad Malik, Nassar Ahmad Shah, Manzoor Ahmad Reshi, Sajad Mohiuddin, Asif Rashid Bhat, Bilal Ahmad, Shakeel Ahmad Wani, Khushi Ram, Ab. Hamid Malik, Pervinder Singh, Mohinder Kumar, Mohd Younis Rather, Sandeep Kumar, Shabir Ahmed, Shamim Ahmad Kooli, Sajad Hussain Malik, Bashir Ahmad, Rayees Ahmad Ganie, Mahesh Chander, Shabaz Ahmad Ganai.
Thirty-two Constables: Mohammad Iqbal Mir, Dawood Ahmad Mir, Sami-Ullah Shah, Mushtaq Ahmad Theekri, Abdul Rouf Wani, Showkat Ahmad Dar, Taveer Ahmad Dar, Ghulam Mohammad Ganaie, Abid Nazir, Masroor Ali Thakroo, Zulfqar Ali, Jasvir Singh, Reshav Kumar, Ajit Kumar, Arshid Ahmad Sheikh, Liyakat Ahmad Khatana, Rakeeb Ahmad Malik, Mukesh Kumar, Javaid Abass Mattoo, Mukhtar Ahmad Lone, Ummar Majid Mir, Gh. Hassan Mir, Basharat Ahmad Ganie, Rayaz Ahmad Wani, Sukhdev Singh.
Three Followers: Ab. Rashid Dar, Ab. Latif Ganai, Ghulam Jeelani Gojar.
Of the Gallantry Medal awardees, 54 personnel are from Left Wing Extremism-affected areas, 152 from J&K, three from the Northeast, and 24 from other regions.
Of the gallantry award medals, Sujit Kumar, IGP (Security &Crime) J&K, has been awarded the President’s police medal for gallantry for showing exceptional courage, bravery and presence of mind.
The J&K Police have been in the forefront of fighting armed violence, aided and abetted by Pakistan since 1990.
This police force had made huge sacrifices fighting terrorism. Despite grave danger to their lives and family, the J&K Police remained steadfast in bringing order and restoring respect for the law in the union territory, where terrorists dictated the course of daily life by calling for protests and hartals each time life seemed to pick up pace here before the abrogation of Article 370.
J&K Police have fought alongside and with the support of the Army and the CAPFs to restore normalcy.
