Inspector MC Sharma who martyred in 2008 Batla House encounter awarded gallantry medal

New Delhi: Inspector Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, who died in the 2008 Batla House encounter, has been awarded gallantry medal posthumously. Sharma worked in the Delhi Police’s Special Cell. Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, who died in the 2008 Batla House encounter, has been awarded gallantry medal posthumously. Sharma worked in the Delhi Police’s Special Cell. Sharma, then 44, had suffered three bullets when he went to capture five suspected terrorists of Indian Mujahiddin hiding in south Delhi’s Batla House September 19, 2008. He later succumbed to the injuries in a hospital. He had joined Delhi Police as a sub-inspector in 1989. Sharma was given an out-of-turn promotion and made inspector in 1995. Sharma was awarded the Ashok Chakra in 2009. This is Sharma’s seventh gallantry medal. He was awarded the president’s medal seven times.

The Union home ministry on Friday released the list of police personnel who have been awarded the medals a day before the Independence Day. While 215 police personnel have been given the medal for gallantry, 80 will get the President’s Police Medal for distinguished service and 631 for meritorious service. While 215 police personnel have been given the medal for gallantry, 80 will get the President’s Police Medal for distinguished service and 631 for meritorious service.