CT & COIN Operations in India: News, Images and Discussion

Sid · Post by **Sid** » 03 Jan 2015 08:31

^^^
How come IndiaToday manages to get wackiest of all theories for anonymous sources?.

sum · Post by **sum** » 03 Jan 2015 08:51

^^ Well, in all this din, one never knows and these guys might actually have been picked up but disinformation is planted.

I recall a similar story years back where disinformation was planted about a Al-Badr commander and the others were lured in by using his name/alias in all wireless traffic

Aditya G · Post by **Aditya G** » 10 Jan 2015 10:35

The video would have been downright funny had it not been the success Naxals have had in targetting the choppers.

Can we replace Mi-17s with Hinds instead, armed only with chin guns.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-new ... 05194.aspx

Police have recovered rare video footage of Maoists purportedly showing the rebels conducting a ‘commando-style’ training to gun down helicopters, used to ferry security personnel and VIPs in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region.

The video of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) at a training camp apparently in forests of Sukma shows a group of 15-20 guerrilla cadres doing a practice to bring down a chopper by using its ‘dummy’ with LMGs (light machine guns) and small weapons. “Documents detailing Maoists’ nefarious strategies have been seized a number of times...Now it’s clear that the Maoists are conducting such training,” state Additional Director General of Police (anti-Maoist operations) RK Vij said.

“Security will be beefed up around helipads in the dense forests and all necessary precautionary measures will be taken to ensure that Maoists do not get a chance to target choppers,” Vij said.

The video clip, believed to be shot recently, shows a dummy of a flying machine, suspended on a rope tied to trees from two sides. The video also shows Maoists training in different techniques to engage helicopters with weapons positioned at strategic points.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 10 Jan 2015 11:13

With the Bihar Chief Minister backing Maoist extortion recently, I wonder whether his party and all allies of his party are involved in the extortion racket run by the Maoists.

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 10 Jan 2015 14:04

^^^
-OT here-

Political patronage to Maoists has been long established and the malaise is across parties with sympathizers and supporters in many places being deeply involved with Naxal activities. Jitan Ram Manjhi is a bumbling 'idiot' who had the good fortune of being provided to sit on the 'chair' by another idiot.

His bumblings clearly reflect an uninformed and little thought of views, they do not find much support within his own party, media, secretariat or the people around. More and more these are his attempts to align with different voting constituencies so that neither Lalu or Nitish dare to throw him out of the CM's chair.

member_28802 · Post by **member_28802** » 10 Jan 2015 19:36

Assam massacre: Top NDFB(S) leader who led Kokrajhar attack killed in encounter

Aditya G · Post by **Aditya G** » 27 Jan 2015 19:57

Col M N Rai succumbed today to terrorists' fire in Tral, J&K. From 1 Sector RR.. Received input about two terrorists and launched ops. Is from 2/9 Gorkhas.

http://chinditsdefence.blogspot.in/2015 ... d-ysm.html

Two militants including the District Commander of Hizbul Mujadheen were killed in a brief gun fight at Handora hamlet of Tral town in South Kahsmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday.

The HM District Commander accompanied by his associate had arrived at his home when Army and SOG personnel cordoned off the house and neutralized both the militants after two minutes gun fight. An Army Colonel identified as M.N.Rai, Head Constable Sanjeev Singh and two more soldiers of Rashtriya Rifles were injured during the encounter while officials said that the Colonel was airlifted to Badamibagh based 92 Base Hospital in critical condition where he along with the Constable Singh succumbed to his injuries.

Police sources told that, HM District Commander Abid Ahmed Khan son of Jalaluddin had arrived at his Handora village to meet his family members. He was accompanied by his associate Shiraz Ahmed Dar son of Ghulam Hasan Dar resident of Warigund Tral. ?We received inputs about their presence and without any delay joint Army parties from 42,180, 185 Rashtriya Rifles along with SOG Tral cordoned off the village. As the army zeroed in and came close to the house, the militants fired upon Government Forces resulting in the injury of four Government Forces personnel,? a police official said.

Sources said that as the Colonel Roy of 42 RR tried to enter into the house during the gunfight, the militants targeted him and injured him critically. ?The injured Colonel and Head Constable were airlifted to 92 base Army hospital in Srinagar, where they breathed their last ,? police official said adding that both the militants were neutralized after 20 minutes gun fight.

Aditya G · Post by **Aditya G** » 27 Jan 2015 20:01

Ashok Chakra citations ....thanks to Chindits blog

http://chinditsdefence.blogspot.in/2015 ... -nk-n.html

The nation’s highest peacetime gallantry award Ashoka Chakra has been awarded posthumously to 16012114A Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh of 57 Battalion of the Rashtriya Rifles (13 Rajputana Rifles.

The officer while leading a search operation in general area Gurdaji of Kupwara district of Jammu & Kashmir on August 24, 2014 came under heavy fire from terrorists which hit one of his buddy. With utter disregard for his personal safety, Naik Neeraj Singh crawled and extricated his buddy. A terrorist threw grenades and brought heavy fire on Naik Neeraj but in a very daring act he inched closer to the terrorist and shot him dead. Simultaneously, he was attacked by another terrorist resulting in dropping of his rifle and was shot in the chest. Despite grievous injuries, displaying unparalleled courage, he pounced on the terrorist, snatched his weapon and killed him in hand to hand combat. He refused to be evacuated till he became unconscious and was later evacuated but he succumbed to his injuries

The President will also award Ashok Chakra to IC-72861M Major Mukund Varadarajan of 44th Battalion of the Rashtriya Rifles (22 Rajput) posthumously (announced earlier on August 15, 2014) for showing exceptional bravery and courage while leading an anti-terrorist operation in a village of Shopiyan district of Jammu and Kashmir on April 25, 2014. During the operation, before attaining martyrdom, Major Mukund Varadarajan, displayed exemplary leadership skills, raw courage, planning and swift action which culminated in the elimination of three top ranked Hizbul Mujaheddin terrorists.

In addition a total of 58 Mention-In-Despatches have also been announced for participating in different Operations for the Army Personnel. These include one for operation Trishul Shakti, Seven for Operation Megh Rahat, four for Operation Megh Doot, twenty nine for Operation Rakshak, one each for Operation Orchid and Operation Hifazat, two for Operation Falcon and thirteen for Operation Rhino.

prahaar · Post by **prahaar** » 27 Jan 2015 20:06

Why is this Chindits journalist Suman Sharma referring to our Army as Government forces? Is she not Indian citizen anymore? Our journalists also need to be acclimatized about the conditions our Army works in.

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 27 Jan 2015 20:16

^^^ Most probably doesn't know the difference between the two usages.

Aditya G · Post by **Aditya G** » 27 Jan 2015 20:25

prahaar wrote:Why is this Chindits journalist Suman Sharma referring to our Army as Government forces? Is she not Indian citizen anymore? Our journalists also need to be acclimatized about the conditions our Army works in.

No need to get worked up. It was a joint Army and SOG operation. One SOG constable was also martyred.

More citations:

http://www.india.com/news/india/republi ... us-260300/

Kirti Chakra

Capt Jaidev, who has been selected for the Kirti Chakra, along with two others, despite his near fatal injuries during a joint operation in the Pulwama district of J-K last year refused to be evacuated till its termination in which he personally neutralised two wanted terrorists. {Date?}

Subedar Ajay Vardhan of the 14 Garhwal Rifles was deployed at 13,000 feet near Line of Control at Kupwara district of J-K. On December 1, last year, despite sustaining multiple gun shots to his head and body while taking on terrorist during an operation, he pulled one wounded soldier to safety, refused evacuation and continued leading his men and attained martyrdom.

Naib Subedar Kosh Bhadur Gurung was leading Ghatak Platoon in an operation located above 12,500 feet at general area of Sundarmali of Kupwara district in the Valley.

A group of heavily armed terrorists attempting infiltration was bringing down fire on the Ghatak Platoon using assault rifles and under barrel grenade launcher (UBGL) taking advantage of darkness and big rocks in the area. Sensing grave danger to his fellow soldiers, Gurung displayed nerves of steel and conspicuous gallantry in the face of terrorist fire in highest traditions of the army. {Date?}

Shaurya Chakra

On December 5, last year, Lt Col Sankalp Kumar, who has been selected for Shaurya Chakra along with eight others, was leading a column as part of the operation launched to neutralise a ‘fidayeen’ attack on 31 Field Regiment at Baramulla district of J-K. At 0545 hours, he established stops around Western side of Mahura Gun Area wherein six terrorists sneaked in and caused casualty to five other ranks.

At 0550 hours, Kumar, along with Havildar Subhash Chand and Naik Gurmail Singh, came under fire. The officer retaliated immediately pinning down a terrorist. The terrorist lobbed grenades and fired a volley of burst grievously injuring the officer. With utter disregard to his personal safety, the officer continued to engage the terrorist.

In a rare display of dauntless courage, he pinned down the terrorist with effective fire, thereby resulting in his subsequent elimination before making supreme sacrifice, the release said.

Kumar displayed conspicuous act of valour and exemplary fortitude in face of terrorist fire.

http://indianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/ ... vinder.pdf

PARATROOPER BALVINDER SINGH (POSTHUMOUS),
SHAURYA CHAKRA
Paratrooper Balvinder Singh was the leading scout of Squad No 3 of Assault
Troop positioned at Samba tasked to undertake a Search and Destroy
Operation on 27 November 2014 against infiltrated terrorists who were
holding out in a fierce gun battle against security forces on Kathar West DCB
in Arnia Sector of Jammu District of Jammu and Kashmir.
Under covering fire provided by Havildar Pawan Singh, and displaying heroic
initiative and exemplary field craft with utter disregard to personal safety,
Paratrooper Balvinder Singh stealthily crawled and closed in towards the
location of the well concealed terrorist. Sensing danger, the terrorist lobbed
two grenades in quick succession and fired bursts from close range towards
both Paratrooper Balvinder Singh and Havildar Pawan Singh thereby injuring
them. Undeterred despite being grievously wounded and bleeding profusely,
the young paratrooper demonstrating unflinching bravery and
unvanquishable determination, crawled up stealthily under fire and fired
accurate head shots killing the terrorist instantly thus ensuring the safety of
his remaining Squad members before attaining martyrdom in the highest
traditions of Indian Army.
Paratrooper Balvinder Singh displayed exceptional valour, audacity in face of
fire and made the supreme sacrifice beyond the call of duty

Aditya G · Post by **Aditya G** » 27 Jan 2015 20:32

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease. ... lid=114939

Sorry for spamming the thread.... finally found the original citations. Majority are from COIN/CT ops so keeping all.

Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh (Posthumous), Ashok Chakra

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Based on specific intelligence, Brigade Ghataks launched a Search and Destroy Operation at General area Gurdaji of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on 24 August 2014. At 1025 hours, party noticed movement of few terrorists close to a Dhok, who opened indiscriminate fire on own troops. In the ensuring fire fight, buddy of Naik Neeraj was hit on bullet proof jacket. With utter disregard for his personal safety, Naik Neeraj crawled and extricated his buddy. A terrorist threw grenades and brought heavy fire on Naik Neeraj. In a daring act, he inched closer to the terrorist and shot him dead. Simultaneously, the NCO was attacked by another terrorist resulting in dropping of his Rifle and the terrorist shot him in the chest. Despite grievous injuries, displaying unparalleled courage, he pounced on the terrorist, snatched his weapon and killed him in hand to hand combat. He refused to be evacuated till he became unconscious and was evacuated by helicopter to 92 Base Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh displayed raw courage and most conspicuous gallantry in personally eliminating two foreign terrorists and sacrificing his own life in the highest traditions of the Indian Army.

Major Mukund Varadarajan (Posthumous), 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RAJPUT REGIMENT) - Announced on 15 Aug 14.

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On 25 April 2014, Major Mukund Varadarajan, Company Commander, received information about the presence of three terrorists in village of Shupiyan district of Jammu and Kashmir. This group had targeted polling officials just a day prior. Major Mukund acted swiftly by deploying troops in an effective cordon and simultaneously evacuated civilians from the target house.

Major Mukund personally led the demolition team and used the resources available to him in a critically short time period to bring down the target house. This aggressive action forced the terrorists to shift their position to an outhouse in the compound.

Major Mukund along with his buddy Sepoy Vikram displaying raw courage crawled in proximity to the outhouse. The officer lobbed a grenade inside the cement outhouse killing one terrorist instantaneously. Another terrorist present in the outhouse opened a burst of auto fire thereby seriously injuring Major Mukund. Although bleeding profusely, unmindful of his grave injury the officer crawled ahead, fired and neutralized the second terrorist. The elimination of terrorist avenged the killing of the election officials within 24 hours and restored faith of public in democracy and the Indian Army. Major Mukund Varadarajan was evacuated but succumbed to his injuries.

Maj Mukund Varadarajan exhibited most conspicuous bravery and exemplary leadership and made the supreme sacrifice while fighting with the terrorists.

Capt Jaidev, Kirti Chakra

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On the evening of 19 June 2014, 3 Rashtriya Rifles received intelligence about presence of three terrorists in Buts village of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. A joint operation of 3 Rashtriya Rifles and 10 PARA (SF) was launched. Captain Jaidev swung into action and rushed with a small team of seven to seek a contact.

While deploying, Captain Jaidev saw movement of three suspected terrorists 15 meters ahead, who on being challenged opened indiscriminate fire injuring the officer and his buddy grievously. Seeing that his buddy, who had killed one terrorist, was losing blood fast, the officer dragged him to safety. Undeterred by the injuries in the leg and chest and bleeding profusely, Captain Jaidev in an audacious display of raw courage, displaying conspicuous gallantry and bold fighting spirit, closed in with remaining terrorists under heavy fire and shot them at close quarters. The dying terrorist again fired at Captain Jaidev, injuring him in the face. Despite his near fatal injuries, the officer refused to be evacuated till the termination of operations. In the operation, Captain Jaidev personally neutralised two senior and wanted terrorist commanders.

Captain Jaidev displayed dauntless courage and extraordinary valour under heavy fire from close quarters in face of certain death.

Subedar Ajay Vardhan (Posthumous), Kirti Chakra

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Subedar Ajay Vardhan, Platoon Commander of Alpha Company, 14 Garhwal Rifles was deployed at 13000 feet near Line of Control at Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.

On 01 December at 2100 hours while leading an operational team, he established contact with infiltrating terrorists at Point 4053. Despite heavy enemy fire, harsh terrain and subzero temperatures, he engaged the terrorists with Light Machine Gun and Rifle fire, and passed crucial information regarding location and strength of terrorists to Battalion Headquarters. Deploying his column tactically, he engaged the terrorists, shooting dead one at close quarters. While administering first aid to a wounded soldier, he observed another wounded member of his team being encircled by two terrorists. With utter disregard to personal safety, he charged at the terrorists, killing the second at point blank range and engaged another thereby saving the wounded soldier. The remaining terrorists charged at him. Despite sustaining multiple gun shots to his head and body, he pulled the wounded soldier to safety, refused evacuation, continued leading his men and attained martyrdom.

Subedar Ajay Vardhan displayed exemplary initiative, camaraderie, conspicuous courage beyond call of duty and outstanding bravery.

Naib Subedar Kosh Bahadur Gurung, Kirti Chakra

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Naib Subedar Kosh Bhadur Gurung was leading Ghatak Platoon in an operation located above 12500 feet at general area of Sundarmali of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.

A group of heavily armed terrorists attempting infiltration was bringing down effective fire on the Ghatak Platoon using assault rifles and Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) taking advantage of darkness and big rocks in the area. Sensing grave danger to his buddies and that the terrorists could escape, the JCO displaying nerves of steel and exceptional field craft crawled through a volley of bullets to close in with terrorists. Realising that only one person could move through the gap between big rocks, he alone tactfully maneuvered to an advantageous position and lobbed grenades and pinned down the terrorists. He then crawled closer up to ten meters and accurately fired through a small gap between rocks to eliminate one terrorist. Now, the second terrorist started firing and pounced on him. With equal ferocity, the JCO pulled out his Khukri and charged at him. A hand to hand fight ensured, when he pushed the terrorist to the ground and killed him.

Naib Subedar Kosh Bahadur Gurung displayed conspicuous gallantry in the face of terrorist fire in highest traditions of Indian Army.

Lieutenant Colonel Sankalp Kumar (Posthumous), Shaurya Chakra

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Lieutenant Colonel Sankalp Kumar was Second-in-Command of
24 PUNJAB. Despite being a Battle Casualty, he volunteered to accompany Unit to field and played a pivotal role in operations and intelligence gathering. On 05 December 2014, he was leading a column as part of the operation launched to neutralize the Fidayeen attack on 31 Field Regiment at Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.

At 0545 hours, he established Stops around Western side of Mahura Gun Area wherein six terrorists sneaked inside and caused casualty to five Other Ranks. At 0550 hours Lt Col Sankalp Kumar along with Havildar Subhash Chand and Naik Gurmail Singh came under effective fire. The officer retaliated immediately pinning down the terrorists. Thereafter, terrorists lobbed grenades and fired a volley of burst grievously injuring the officer. With utter disregard to his personal safety, the officer continued to engage the terrorist who intended to cause more casualties to own troops. In a rare display of dauntless courage he pinned the terrorist with effective fire thereby resulting in his subsequent elimination before making supreme sacrifice of his life.

Lieutenant Colonel Sankalp Kumar displayed conspicuous act of valour and exemplary fortitude in face of terrorist fire.

Major Mukul Sharma, Shaurya Chakra

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Major Mukul Sharma was operating in Kashmir Valley since January 2010 and has had a tremendous operational experience. His flair in source handling and conduct of operation is unparalleled. He has led a large number of successful operations resulting into elimination of number of terrorists.

On 07 August 2014, Major Mukul Sharma got information of infiltrators in general area of Gagadari Nar at Tangdhar region of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.

At about 1230 hours Major Mukul Sharma noticed movement of three persons. The three infiltrators immediately opened a hail of fire at the officer. Major Mukul Sharma stood his ground and shot down one infiltrator. He then immediately re-deployed his team to prevent other two infiltrators from escaping. The officer showed tactical acumen and presence of mind to engage the infiltrators throughout the night and prevented them from escaping. On the next day, the officer identified the position of the second infiltrator as he was firing indiscriminately at the search party. Sensing grave danger to his own troops, Major Mukul Sharma acted quickly and with utter disregard to personal safety crawled towards the infiltrator and killed him at a point blank range.

Major Mukul Sharma with his vast experience in Counter Insurgency operations controlled the entire operation meticulously which resulted in elimination of the third infiltrator. The gallant action of Major Mukul Sharma led to elimination of three Pakistani infiltrators, dealing a severe blow to them.

. Major Mukul Sharma displayed utter fearlessness in the face of intense firing, conspicuous gallantry, indomitable resolve and courage beyond the call of duty.

Major Abhijai (Posthumous), Shaurya Chakra

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Major Abhijai was nominated as Captain of the Aircraft for Operational readiness consolidation sortie for OPERATION IRON FIST for induction into Operational Area and Battle Inoculation of aviators on 01 October 2014. The aircraft suffered a catastrophic failure of tail rotor while flying over the heavily populated area of village Bhartol and unit lines of 54 Engineer Regiment where a Sainik Sammelan was in progress at Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh. The aircraft had logged approximately sixty minutes of flying time till then. The aviator, having promptly identified the emergency, exhibited indomitable valor, extreme courage and utter disregard for personal safety by maneuvering the crippled aircraft away from the inhabited area and 54 Engineer Regiment. In the limited time available, the aviator transmitted a distress call to the air traffic control tower and also cut off the fuel supply to the engine in order to minimise the collateral damage. The aviator successfully diverted the aircraft despite the tremendous damage suffered in order to save the lives of his brethren in uniform and populace of village Bhartol. Major Abhijai put the lives of these men ahead of his own and sacrificed himself in the process.

The aviator diverted the aircraft away from the habitation displaying split second reactions despite knowing fully well that it would lead to loss of his own life.

Major Ashutosh Kumar Pandey, Shaurya Chakra

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On 01 September 2014 at 1800 hours, Major Ashutosh Kumar Pandey, Company Commander, received information about the presence of a district commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad with two more terrorists in a Village of Pulwama district of Jammu and kashmir. The district Commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad was the mastermind behind targeting of police officials and weapon snatching on 06 June 2014. Major Ashutosh acted swiftly by deploying troops in an effective cordon and evacuated civilians from the target house.

On 02 September 2014 at 0730 hours, after a grueling thirteen hours of intermittent firing, Major Ashutosh along with his buddy Sapper Sanjay Kali displaying raw courage while crawling to close proximity of the target house to clear the house extension, received a burst of fire. The officer using battle craft maneuvered towards the direction of the fire, using cover and showing presence of mind lobbed a grenade inside the window injuring the terrorist. The injured terrorist retaliated with heavy volume of fire. Undeterred by the terrorist fire, the officer crawled, took cover next to the window and with pin point accuracy fired to neutralise one terrorist. The terrorist was later identified of Jaish-e-Mohammad Tanzeem. On seeing the army next to the house wall, the second terrorist from the adjacent room, lobbed a grenade and opened indiscriminate fire on the officer. Displaying utter professionalism, calm composure and nerves of steel, Major Ashutosh charged towards the window, brought down accurate fire at close quarters to eliminate the second terrorist instantaneously. The terrorist was later identified as district Commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad Tanzeem. The elimination of the district commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad, who was the mastermind in the weapon snatching incident dealt a body blow to the Jaish-e-Mohammad tanzeem.

Major Ashutosh Kumar Pandey displayed exemplary leadership, courage beyond call of duty, conspicuous gallantry under fire resulting in the elimination of two hardcore Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists.

Major R Vamshi Krishnan, Shaurya Chakra

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On 08 June at 1645 hours on receiving intelligence about presence of two terrorists in dense built up area of village Reshipur of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, Major R Vamshi Krishnan immediately set out to cordon the village.

When cordon was being established, two suspicious individuals fled inside the narrow by lanes in immediate vicinity. The officer along with his buddy swiftly outflanked them from opposite direction. Coming face to face with Major R Vamshi Krishnan and his buddy, the terrorists opened indiscriminate fire on them. The officer and his buddy immediately retaliated and injured one terrorist. Unmindful of personal safety under fire, Major R Vamshi Krishnan, thereafter, closed in using limited cover available and neutralized one terrorist at extreme close quarters. Meanwhile, the second terrorist continued to bring down heavy fire on them. Realising own fire not being effective and sensing danger to own troops, Major R Vamshi Krishnan and his buddy crawled to five meters of terrorist and neutralised him also.
Major R Vamshi Krishnan displayed raw courage, exemplary leadership, tactical acumen with utter disregard to personal safety in eliminating two hardcore terrorists.

Major Bibhanshu Dhondiyal, Shaurya Chakra

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Major Bibhanshu Dhondiyal was commissioned into 5/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) on 12 June 2010 presently performing duties at Eagle I Post, part of Eagle Complex located at approx 14,000 Feet on the Line of Control at Tanghdar district of Jammu and kashmir.

On 19 September 2014, move of four heavily armed terrorists into Eagle Complex was detected. Major Dhondiyal allowed the terrorists to move into the killing area and then re-sited his parties to cut off their escape routes. Sensing their escape routes had been cut off, the terrorists took cover behind a huge rock and opened indiscriminate fire. Realising that no party was effectively able to engage the terrorists, unmindful of his own safety, Major Dhondiyal left cover and crawled nearer to the hiding terrorists. Terrorists saw him inching closer and directed their fire at him. Unmindful of the terrorists’ fire, the officer got up and lobbed a grenade, killing one terrorist. The second terrorist got up and charged towards him. Unflinching, Major Dhondiyal stood his ground and killed him at close range.

Major Bibhanshu Dhondiyal displayed courage beyond the call of duty and utter disregard to own safety in eliminating two terrorists.

Naik Swarup Kumar Ghorai, Shaurya Chakra

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Naik Swarup Kumar Ghorai was part of Brigade Ghataks for Search and Destroy Operation in general area Gurdaji of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. A group of terrorists from a Dhok suddenly brought down heavy volume of fire on his party and fire fight ensued. Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh, his party commander got grievously injured. Sensing the danger to his party members and maintaining his calm, Naik Swarup reorganised the party and brought effective fire on terrorists and facilitated evacuation of Naik Neeraj Kumar. Suddenly a terrorist came out from Dhok firing indiscriminately and throwing grenades. Showing absolute presence of mind and raw courage, Naik Swarup inched closer to the terrorist and shot him dead at a close range. With utter disregard to his personal safety, Naik Swarup under heavy volume of terrorist’s fire and covering fire by Rifleman Gulam Ahmad Harrey, rushed inside the Dhok in the face of death and shot dead second terrorist in close quarter combat.

Naik Swarup Kumar Ghorai displayed most conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage under fire, and eliminated two hard core foreign terrorists and also facilitated elimination of two more heavily armed terrorists.

Paratrooper Balvinder Singh (Posthumous), Shaurya Chakra

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Paratrooper Balvinder Singh was the leading scout of Squad No 3 of Assault Troop positioned at Samba tasked to undertake a Search and Destroy Operation on 27 November 2014 against infiltrated terrorists who were holding out in a fierce gun battle against security forces on Kathar West DCB in Arnia Sector of Jammu District of Jammu and Kashmir.

Under covering fire provided by Havildar Pawan Singh, and displaying heroic initiative and exemplary field craft with utter disregard to personal safety, Paratrooper Balvinder Singh stealthily crawled and closed in towards the location of the well concealed terrorist. Sensing danger, the terrorist lobbed two grenades in quick succession and fired bursts from close range towards both Paratrooper Balvinder Singh and Havildar Pawan Singh thereby injuring them. Undeterred despite being grievously wounded and bleeding profusely, the young paratrooper demonstrating unflinching bravery and unvanquishable determination, crawled up stealthily under fire and fired accurate head shots killing the terrorist instantly thus ensuring the safety of his remaining Squad members before attaining martyrdom in the highest traditions of Indian Army.

Paratrooper Balvinder Singh displayed exceptional valour, audacity in face of fire and made the supreme sacrifice beyond the call of duty.

Rifleman Manga Ram, Shaurya Chakra

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Rifleman Manga Ram during ‘Operation Langtebuk, launched on 09 May 2014 at Karbi Anglong district of Assam, volunteered for Stay Behind Party. On the sixth day, based on a tip off, Rifleman Manga Ram acting as scout, guided the team, to the suspected area, maintaining absolute surprise while negotiating difficult terrain. As soon as the party approached the suspected hut after establishing the cordon, the troops were pinned down by effective fire from multiple directions. Realising the grave threat, he, displaying exemplary initiative and sound tactical acumen, acted immediately and while the team leader with his buddy was attempting to neutralize fire from one flank, he crawled amidst heavy fire with utter disregard to his personal safety, closed in and neutralized two terrorists one after the other. Thereafter, without letting go the initiative, he signaled his buddy to tackle another terrorist and provided him with intimate fire support. The overall operation resulted in elimination of six terrorists and recovery of huge war like stores.

Rifleman Manga Ram displayed gallantry in number of operations and placed himself in extreme danger, for safety of his colleagues in the highest traditions of Indian Army.

rkhanna · Post by **rkhanna** » 27 Jan 2015 21:11

Capt Jaidev, Kirti Chakra

While deploying, Captain Jaidev saw movement of three suspected terrorists 15 meters ahead, who on being challenged opened indiscriminate fire injuring the officer and his buddy grievously

What is a SF Unit issuing challenges to suspected Terrorists before engaging them. Such a waste. We really need to fix/figure out our SOF doctrine if this is the way their talents are being utilized.

Aditya G · Post by **Aditya G** » 27 Jan 2015 21:42

rkhanna wrote:
Capt Jaidev, Kirti Chakra

While deploying, Captain Jaidev saw movement of three suspected terrorists 15 meters ahead, who on being challenged opened indiscriminate fire injuring the officer and his buddy grievously
What is a SF Unit issuing challenges to suspected Terrorists before engaging them. Such a waste. We really need to fix/figure out our SOF doctrine if this is the way their talents are being utilized.

SOF or no SOF. Army always offers surrender before killing. Thats one of the reasons why 99.99% of our CT ops involve small arms and close contacts. No hellfire and drone killings are ever going to happen here.

vasu raya · Post by **vasu raya** » 27 Jan 2015 21:46

^^^

And how many of them have really taken up on that offer? statistics wise, other than few Maoists its very rare in these CT theaters

brvarsh · Post by **brvarsh** » 27 Jan 2015 23:36

>> SOF or no SOF. Army always offers surrender before killing. Thats one of the reasons why 99.99% of our CT ops involve small arms and close contacts. No hellfire and drone killings are ever going to happen here.

What is the point if we lose invaluable Soldiers because of this norm? Not necessarily the hellfire but what is the point of asking them to surrender and giving them a chance to fire back when they can be neutralized right there? At least from the news in media the trend is very typical and almost always the high value targets will retaliate and would not surrender anyways? Isn't losing officers and soldiers like this is too heavy of a price for giving the pigs a chance to stay alive?

HKumar · Post by **HKumar** » 27 Jan 2015 23:51

http://www.rediff.com/news/column/price ... 150128.htm

Price of the relentless daily war in Kashmir
January 28, 2015 00:17 IST

Colonel M N Rai, who was hit by a bullet from charging terrorists holed up inside a house, shows that the Indian army continues to be led from the front by its officers, says Nitin A Gokhale

The acronyms AC (Ashok Chakra), SC (Shaurya Chakra), YSM (Yudh Seva Medal), SM (Sena Medal) may not mean a good deal to many when the gallantry award winners are announced on the eve of Republic Day. But for those wearing the uniform, it means the world.

And so it was for Colonel MN Rai, originally of the 9 Gorkha Rifles, commanding the 42 Rashtriya Rifles unit near Tral in South Kashmir on January 25.

He was receiving congratulatory message from course mates and family for being awarded the Yudh Seva medal for exceptional work in war or war-like situation.

Col MN Rai's martyrdom on Tuesday, just 48 hours after being given a prestigious military honour for exemplary leadership of his unit, highlights the dangers of a 'no-war, no peace' condition in Kashmir, fuelled by Pakistan's relentless effort to foment trouble in the border state.

Col Rai, who was hit by a bullet from charging terrorists holed up inside a house, shows that the Indian army continues to be led from the front by its officers.

By all accounts, when a specific input about the presence of 2 terrorists was received, Col Rai led his QRT (Quick Reaction Team), taking along a team from the Special Operations Group of the J&K Police and rushed to the spot.

In normal circumstances, the operation would have been led by a younger, junior officer. But since there were other ongoing operations, Col Rai himself led the team to the house where the terrorists were holed up.

Even as the team was planning its operation, both the cornered terrorists rushed out firing indiscriminately. One bullet pierced Col Rai's temple, another hit Head Constable Sanjiv Kumar of the J&K Police in the stomach, killing them both.

Col Rai's radio operator was injured along with two others, while the 2 terrorists were eliminated by the rest of the team.

Tuesday's encounter fits the pattern observed in Kashmir over the past couple of years. Every night -- and at times in the day -- at least 1,000-odd patrol parties go out across Jammu and Kashmir, sometimes based on specific information but on most occasions for domination, lest terrorists have a free run in the countryside and along the Line of Control.

Most of them return empty-handed. One team returns, the other goes out. Day in day out the cycle is repeated. The monotony can be killing.

But there is no other choice. Lowering guard is not an option that Indian security forces in Kashmir have.

In 2014, considered one of the more 'peaceful' years in recent times, 104 terrorists were eliminated but 28 army men sacrificed their lives in the process.

There is no sign that Pakistan is going to turn off the tap that pushes terrorists across the LoC. The relentless daily war will not go away soon either.

That is the reality of Kashmir that must be understood by the citizens of this country.

shaun · Post by **shaun** » 28 Jan 2015 00:04

I am not a military expert but here is my observation , maximum number of fatalities and injuries happening due to small arm fire and in some cases grenades . Facial injuries , can understand but chest and head injuries in maximum cases , is it because of inadequate or lack or below standard body armour ?? Fire power have improved but sophisticated equipments haven't proliferated in the way it should .

Viv S · Post by **Viv S** » 28 Jan 2015 00:05

brvarsh wrote:What is the point if we lose invaluable Soldiers because of this norm? Not necessarily the hellfire but what is the point of asking them to surrender and giving them a chance to fire back when they can be neutralized right there? At least from the news in media the trend is very typical and almost always the high value targets will retaliate and would not surrender anyways? Isn't losing officers and soldiers like this is too heavy of a price for giving the pigs a chance to stay alive?

Offering a challenge is usually SOP. In tough operational conditions, its misidentification can result in civilian casualties. The party might include civilians that have been corralled at gunpoint. Even worse, the target individuals might be security forces operating in mufti, leading to a horrific friendly fire incident (something that has happened far too many times and is always a serious concern). As bad as it is to take casualties, it much much worse to do so as a result of friendly fire.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » 28 Jan 2015 00:06

brvarsh wrote:>> SOF or no SOF. Army always offers surrender before killing. Thats one of the reasons why 99.99% of our CT ops involve small arms and close contacts. No hellfire and drone killings are ever going to happen here.

What is the point if we lose invaluable Soldiers because of this norm? Not necessarily the hellfire but what is the point of asking them to surrender and giving them a chance to fire back when they can be neutralized right there? At least from the news in media the trend is very typical and almost always the high value targets will retaliate and would not surrender anyways? Isn't losing officers and soldiers like this is too heavy of a price for giving the pigs a chance to stay alive?

Because we live on this land, and wont be able to run away from what we do. We are not invading some foreign land.

Friend or Foe identification is not so black and white. How can you positively identify a person is infiltrator or goat herder or some camper. I know people will say oh why an innocent person will go there and consider everything has enemy in that region. But thats over simplification of this issue.

One of my dad's sahayak talked about difficulties in identifying militants when they are out searching villages. Even with proper ID cards being given to each and every villager, someone can always forget their IDs. Or villagers shield them saying he is their relative and forgot his ID in his village. If they are picked up you imagine demonstrations etc.

And you kill one innocent men and people will gun after you no matter how many lives you may have saved. We are still paying price for what all happened during early 90s. That's the ground reality there.

Its commendable for our army to show such restraint while facing certain deadly fire.

Ankit Desai · Post by **Ankit Desai** » 28 Jan 2015 00:56

Sid and Viv S,

SF won't be called without verifying if person is terrorist, will they !

After calling SF if still you go by SOP to verify than purpose of SF is defeated. I agree with rkhanna on that that it is waste to call SF. It is job of police or regular army jawans in case they are doing policing to verify or follow SOP to verify.

-Ankit

Viv S · Post by **Viv S** » 28 Jan 2015 02:41

Ankit Desai wrote:Sid and Viv S,

SF won't be called without verifying if person is terrorist, will they !

After calling SF if still you go by SOP to verify than purpose of SF is defeated. I agree with rkhanna on that that it is waste to call SF. It is job of police or regular army jawans in case they are doing policing to verify or follow SOP to verify.

-Ankit

Ankit, if we're looking at the specific event you have to keep in mind that this wasn't a 'Special Forces mission', in the conventional sense of the term. This type of cordon-and-search operation is conducted day in and day out by the RR as well as infantry units involved in COIN. So the SF detachment would have likely been employing the same tactics that any other conventional unit would.

And as the gallantry citation indicates, the identity of the targets hadn't been confirmed resulting in the troops holding their fire and issuing a challenge instead.

While deploying, Captain Jaidev saw movement of three suspected terrorists 15 meters ahead, who on being challenged opened indiscriminate fire injuring the officer and his buddy grievously.

A relevant issue here might be - why is the SF involved in such operations in the first place? Fact is, the militancy in the Valley has plummeted, so where 15 years ago the SF would have been involved with unconventional tasks (as a Corps-level asset), today the the local brigade commander might request SF involvement in what, at one time, would have been a fairly low-profile operation.

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 28 Jan 2015 03:54

From the description, looks like Col. Rai was probably in a huddle planning the operation with the SOG guys when the terrorists tried to make a run for it and came out guns blazing. Sad.

Reminds me of another officer who was KIA similarly within a day or two of receiving his SC or KC.

Ankit Desai · Post by **Ankit Desai** » 28 Jan 2015 04:32

Thanks for the reply Viv S. I feel SF should not be called in until regular army personal unable to do job/specialized action required.

More info about the operation where Col Rai was killed
CO 42 RR Succumbs.. From 2/9 Gorkhas.....Was Conferred YSM Yesterday....R.I.P....Lived Upto His Whatsapp Status !!

......As the army zeroed in and came close to the house, the militants fired upon Government Forces resulting in the injury of four Government Forces personnel,? a police official said.

Sources said that as the Colonel Roy of 42 RR tried to enter into the house during the gunfight, the militants targeted him and injured him critically. ?The injured Colonel and Head Constable were airlifted to 92 base Army hospital in Srinagar, where they breathed their last ,? police official said adding that both the militants were neutralized after 20 minutes gun fight.

-Ankit

rkhanna · Post by **rkhanna** » 28 Jan 2015 09:55

why is the SF involved in such operations in the first place? Fact is, the militancy in the Valley has plummeted, so where 15 years ago the SF would have been involved with unconventional tasks (as a Corps-level asset),

>> My two bits of Arm Chair thoughts<< I have read a bunch of Books on SOF Units operating in Iraq and there two SOCCOM TF would routinely do 'conventional' mobility ops alongside US Marines/ Infantry. However whenever the SOF unit was part of them deployment methodology / SOP would be altered. The SOF would be unwilling to take (in their view) stupid undue risks that the regular military has to abide by.

All this is possible only when we have a proper SOF doctrine/deployment policy in place. This Ad-Hoc thing has to go.

ravip · Post by **ravip** » 28 Jan 2015 10:15

He was hit a inch below the phatka. The policy on kashmir is so stagnant, nda is turning out no different than upa. Life of soldiers are precious we cant afford to waste like this. I guess we lose highest number of soldiers than anywhere in the world.

rkhanna · Post by **rkhanna** » 28 Jan 2015 10:24

I have a newbie question if i maybe allowed to ask. Right from my fathers generation of relatives till now for the most Part the IA has allowed combat operations to be lead by Mid Level Officers. I have tried to ask this question a number of times but never got a proper answer.

Is it not better to hand down responsibility to junior officers for a 'small' thing like interdicting 3 terrorist than send a Col lead QRT? Can we not strengthen (with better leadership training) our senior NCO/JCO corp to perform similar duties?

Kashi · Post by **Kashi** » 28 Jan 2015 10:29

ravip wrote:He was hit a inch below the phatka. The policy on kashmir is so stagnant, nda is turning out no different than upa. Life of soldiers are precious we cant afford to waste like this. I guess we lose highest number of soldiers than anywhere in the world.

The bigger problem is that we are also losing a disproportionate number of officers in these operations. After all these years of experience in counter-insurgency, especially in J&K, these losses are unacceptable.

What the heck are the army and MoD brass doing? Sleeping on their jobs?

vaibhav.n · Post by **vaibhav.n** » 28 Jan 2015 10:48

Whenever you have Local terrorists in their own villages to meet family etc, the Op will become more sensitive. Then parleys are held with the Village Imam/Muqaddam as an intermediary.

My 2 cents since my coursemate bore its brunt.

Verbal Challenges are issued only when ID is suspect. If contact is already made, then makes little sense to issue challenges while storming the house. Suspects also sometimes come lightly armed with only a pistol under the phiran melting with the populace.

deejay · Post by **deejay** » 28 Jan 2015 12:07

Viv S wrote:
brvarsh wrote:What is the point if we lose invaluable Soldiers because of this norm? Not necessarily the hellfire but what is the point of asking them to surrender and giving them a chance to fire back when they can be neutralized right there? At least from the news in media the trend is very typical and almost always the high value targets will retaliate and would not surrender anyways? Isn't losing officers and soldiers like this is too heavy of a price for giving the pigs a chance to stay alive?
Offering a challenge is usually SOP. In tough operational conditions, its misidentification can result in civilian casualties. The party might include civilians that have been corralled at gunpoint. Even worse, the target individuals might be security forces operating in mufti, leading to a horrific friendly fire incident (something that has happened far too many times and is always a serious concern). As bad as it is to take casualties, it much much worse to do so as a result of friendly fire.

You are correct, Viv S.

Now let us consider the cases where instead of a proper "Challenge - Response", bullets were fired to stop, maim, kill suspected (repeat suspected) terrorists. There are many but the recent shooting of the youth in the Car comes close and all personnel involved in the shooting are in trouble.

This is something that the Indian State has clarified from its highest offices. While dealing with terrorists it is very difficult to identify the terrorists, even when they are holding weapons. Unless they react in a manner which is hostile, armed action will mean killing of 'innocent civilians'.

Kashi · Post by **Kashi** » 28 Jan 2015 13:31

Terrorists' relatives asked Colonel Rai to cease fire, then killed him

The Army today paid glowing tributes to Colonel M N Rai, who died fighting militants in Jammu and Kashmir, recalling his efforts to reach out to youths in the militancy-hit region and said such sacrifice only strengthens its resolve to fight elements inimical to peace.

The Army said that Rai, 39, commanding officer of 42 Rashtriya Rifles, and head constable Sanjeev Kumar Singh Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed during the encounter in Tral in Pulawama district yesterday, in which two militants were also gunned down.

Saha said once the house where the militants were hiding was cordoned off, the father and brother of one of the terrorists approached Rai claiming that the ultra wanted to surrender.

But even as Rai gave them an opportunity to do so, the militants came out of the house firing indiscriminately leading to the gunbattle.

"Col Rai always led from the front in multiple operations that he carried out in 2014 and also in 2015. He combined bravery with compassion and people in Tral knew him very well for his several initiatives," General Officer Commanding of the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps Lt Gen Subrata Saha told reporters after the wreath laying ceremony at Badami Bagh Cantonment in Srinagar.

"The supreme sacrifice of the brave men only strengthens our resolve to fight all elements inimical to security of Kashmir," he said as friends and colleagues recalled the contribution of Rai, one of the senior-most officers to be killed in last one year.

The officer's swift actions prevented many civilian casualties during the operation, Saha said and noted that Rai had taken "a number of initiatives for the positive engagement of youth like organising cricket and football tournaments".

"Clearly under his leadership, we could say that the narrative in Tral was changing. He earned the admiration of all the administration for his meticulous planning and we have seen how Tral turned out to vote," Lt Gen Saha said.

Rai was conferred the Yudh Seva medal on the eve of Republic Day for outstanding contribution in planning and conduct of operations including a gun battle with militants in south Kashmir last year.

Surely, this is not the first time such a thing would have happened, yet our experienced personnel fell for it?

ravip · Post by **ravip** » 28 Jan 2015 13:50

Kashi wrote:
The bigger problem is that we are also losing a disproportionate number of officers in these operations. After all these years of experience in counter-insurgency, especially in J&K, these losses are unacceptable.

What the heck are the army and MoD brass doing? Sleeping on their jobs?

Even the JCO or NCO life is as precious as a officers life. There is no way you can differentiate between them. It is inhuman to do so. Most of the MSM and print media report in similar tone of differentiation between officer and jawan.

By the way pigs can leave without food but not without girlfriend and family. These situation's are always good to trap pigs and most of the times trap are laid around them.

Shreeman · Post by **Shreeman** » 28 Jan 2015 13:54

RIP. Officer Rai.

Kashi · Post by **Kashi** » 28 Jan 2015 15:15

ravip wrote:Even the JCO or NCO life is as precious as a officers life. There is no way you can differentiate between them. It is inhuman to do so. Most of the MSM and print media report in similar tone of differentiation between officer and jawan.

By the way pigs can leave without food but not without girlfriend and family. These situation's are always good to trap pigs and most of the times trap are laid around them.

By no means I wish to belittle or downplay the sacrifices of a jawaan vis-a-vis an officer. Every life lost is an irreparable loss to the army and the nation.

A loss of a commander as in this case also leads to a leadership void at the top which further impacts the operations, not to mention the morale of the unit. If you read the details carefully, Col. Rai was involved in a host of initiatives.

It's extremely disheartening to lose good men and women to worthless pigs and one seriously question the senior army and civilian leadership that enforces such constraints on their officers and soldiers that stacks the decks against them in counter-terror operations.

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 28 Jan 2015 17:15

This is why we need better systems at the border, be it bigger and higher fence system, higher watch towers, etc. Pakis just claim that they can't control terrorists in their area or pakis just do not have watch towers at all and be done with it.

Aditya G · Post by **Aditya G** » 28 Jan 2015 20:14

When reading the citations, ever wondered, "where was I when this was happening?"

Well I did a small exercise by plotting the dates and areas (districts) and whether we at least covered the incident over here in BRF. As it stands out of the 10 incidents where the date was mentioned, we have news coverage on 4 of them logged on this thread. Photos for 2 of these incidents.

Code: Select all

25-Apr-14	Shopian	Major Mukund Varadarajan	         Page 38
08-Jun-14	Pulwama	Major R Vamshi Krishnan	
19-Jun-14	Pulwama	Capt Jaidev	                         Page 38
07-Aug-14	Kupwara	Major Mukul Sharma	
24-Aug-14	Kupwara	Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh	
01-Sep-14	Pulwama	Major Ashutosh Kumar Pandey	
19-Sep-14	Tanghdar	Major Bibhanshu Dhondiyal	
27-Nov-14	Jammu	Paratrooper Balvinder Singh	 Page 39
01-Dec-14	Kupwara	Subedar Ajay Vardhan 	         Page 40
05-Dec-14	Baramulla	Lieutenant Colonel Sankalp Kumar

I always hope that by capturing events and data on the forum will help a researcher to complete the stories for publication and archive.

RoyG · Post by **RoyG** » 28 Jan 2015 20:25

Our forces overall need an upgrade in training, tactics, and equipment. However, they are currently damn good given what they have and the islamic insurgency has been cut down drastically. The Americans with all their high technology were driven out of Afghanistan because they lacked the boots on the ground and experience which make all the difference. This is only something that you learn when you are in perpetual war. We will lose good men all the time but we have to ensure that there are 10 more to replace them.

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 28 Jan 2015 20:50

The Americans with all their high technology were driven out of Afghanistan because they lacked the boots on the ground and experience which make all the difference.

unfair to compare in entirety the ability sustain acampaign thousands of miles away from home.

If the americans lose Mexifornia in the future then you will be right

d_berwal · Post by **d_berwal** » 28 Jan 2015 20:55

RoyG wrote:Our forces overall need an upgrade in training, tactics, and equipment.

Our Training and Tactics is almost unmatched in today's world, even US, UK, and name the lot come to learn CI ops form us.

The Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School is the most sought after by best of the best.

Our equipment might not be state-of-the -art but don't say we lack in training & tactics.

COIN will always have casualties.

RoyG · Post by **RoyG** » 28 Jan 2015 21:25

Perhaps in most CI aspects, yes, but how about our SF?