New Delhi,
\nPresident Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appeared emotional after he awarded the Ashok Chakra, India\u2019s highest peacetime military decoration, posthumously to<\/p>\n
Air Force Garud commando Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala here.<\/p>\n
Corporal Nirala laid down his life after gunning down two terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Bandipora district in November.<\/p>\n
After presenting the award to Corporal Nirala\u2019s wife Sushmanand and his mother Malti Devi at the Republic Day Parade, Kovind was seen wiping his face and<\/p>\n
eyes with his handkerchief.<\/p>\n
Corporal Nirala was part of a Garud Special Forces Unit of the IAF, a detachment of which was attached to a Rashtriya Rifles battalion under the aegis of Op<\/p>\n
Rakshak.<\/p>\n
On November 18 last year, an offensive was launched at Chanderger village of Bandipora based on specific intelligence. The Garud detachment covertly<\/p>\n
approached the target house where the terrorists were hiding and laid a close quarter ambush.<\/p>\n
In the violent exchange of fire, Corporal Nirala was hit by a volley of small arms fire. Despite being critically injured, he continued the retaliatory fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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