Soldiers of the special forces’s units which were part of the daring surgical strike across LoC, have been awarded gallantry medals including a Kirti Chakra while their commanding officers have been given Yudh Sewa Medal. (Source: AP) Soldiers of the special forces’s units which were part of the daring surgical strike across LoC, have been awarded gallantry medals including a Kirti Chakra while their commanding officers have been given Yudh Sewa Medal. (Source: AP)Nineteen soldiers of the 4 and 9 Para, the special forces’s units which undertook the daring cross-border surgical strike across LoC, have been awarded gallantry medals including a Kirti Chakra while their commanding officers have been given Yudh Sewa Medal. Watch What Else is Making NewsHavildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar of the Gorkha Rifles got the Kirti Chakra posthumously. Five personnel from the two para units also got Shaurya Chakra while 13 got Sena Medal (Gallantry).

Source: Indian Express January 25, 2017 14:31 UTC