Two ITBP personnel were awarded with the police medal for gallantry for putting up a defence against the People Liberation Army of China along the Line of Actual control in the Ladakh region.
Constable Subhendu Roy of the BSF who died challenging two terrorists who had attacked a BSF bus in Udhampur district,Jammu and Kashmir, was awarded a PMG posthumously. Two CRPF personnel — constables Suraj Sarjerao Mohite and Satish Kumar — have been conferred the PMG posthumously for thwarting a terrorist attack onthe Rajbagh police station in J&K. The CRPF won the maximum number of gallantry medals — 24— this year. As many as 841 personnel have been awarded police medals on the occasion of Republic Day this year.
