He engaged the second terrorist and neutralised him but succumbed to his injuries.
When the mission leader decided to address the house using an excavator, Tomar, despite being injured, volunteered.When the house was being addressed, the injured second terrorist emerged from the house firing indiscriminately. He was directed by the mission leader to readjust the cordon.While moving for the task, he came under heavy fire from the terrorists and sustained bullet injury in his thigh.ĭespite that, he responded with accurate fire and neutralised a terrorist.Then he pursued the second terrorist, injured him and cornered him inside a house. The other terrorists retaliated with a grenade launcher fire and hand grenades in which, Sreejith sustained multiple injuries and started bleeding profusely.Undeterred and regardless of his grievous injuries, he refused to get evacuated and continued to fire before succumbing to his injuries.Īnil Kumar Tomar of the Rajput Regiment has been honoured Shaurya Chakra posthumously for counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir.On December 25, 2020, Tomar was leading a combat action team for the operation. He tactically deployed his team and engaged the terrorists with effective fire, denying them to break contact and escape.Īmid the intense firefight, he observed two terrorists trying to break the cordon.He crawled to the flank and brought down effective fire, eliminating one terrorist. Naib Subedar Sreejith M.of the 17th battalion of Madras Regiment has been honoured posthumously for counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir.On July 8, 2021, Sreejith as Quick Reaction Team commander while carrying out search in densely forested and rugged terrain observed movement of two to three terrorists.
Out of the 12 Shaurya Chakra awardees, six Indian Army officers were honoured with Shaurya Chakra for counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Northeastern states.Out of the six, five were posthumously awarded.