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On the night of 2-3 July 1998, Lieutenant XXX was the
commander of an ambush party deployed at Gormantar Gali in
Kupwara Sector in Jammu and Kashmir. At 0445 hours on 3 July
1998, spotting a group of six militants moving in the
forest, he charged at them. During this operation he came
under accurate, intense and heavy volume of fire of the
militants from all sides. Despite this, he deployed his men
tactically and brought down prophylactic fire on the
militants. Soon the militants started fleeing. He then
crawled to a flank to cut off the escape routes of the
militants. One militant brought down a heavy barrage of UMG
fire on him. He rushed towards the militant, totally
unnerving him and shot him dead at almost point blank
range. When one of the remaining militants started running
and firing on the officer, he chased and also shot dead the
fleeing militant. The operation finally led to the killing
of nine militants and recovery of huge quantity of arms and
ammunition.
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-- Citation of the award
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