Nine security personnel honoured with Ashok Chakra
It was a sombre beginning to the Republic Day celebrations on Monday as Maharashtra Police ATS chief Hemant Karkare, Additional Commissioner Ashok Kamte and four others killed fighting Pakistani terrorists in Mumbai were among nine security personnel honoured with the Ashok Chakra.
Ashok Chakra, highest peacetime gallantry award, will be awarded posthumously to Lt Navdeep Singh by President Pratibha Patil on Republic Day on Wednesday.