Pramod Kumar Satapathy

Smt. Amita Satpathy receiving Ashoka Chakra awarded to her husband Shri Pramod Kumar Satpathy (Posthumous) from the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, during the 60th Republic Day Parade-2009, in New Delhi

Pramod Kumar Satapathy was an Assistant Commandant of the Special Operation Group of Odisha Special Armed Police, which comes under India's Odisha Police.

On the night of 15th February 2008, about 500 armed naxalites attacked the police at various locations in and around Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India. On hearing this news, Shri Satapathy along with just 20 available police personnel reached inside the jungle in Nayagarh and launched an assault on the hiding militants. In the ensuing encounter, Shri Satapathy bravely led the operations but ultimately got killed in action.[1]

For this act of courage, the President of India posthumously awarded him with the Ashok Chakra on Republic Day, 2009.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ashoka Chakra awardees and their saga of gallantry". PIB, Government of India.
  2. ↑ "Posthumous honour for top police official". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 March 2018.


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