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Havildar Baljeet of the 50 Rashtriya Rifles, who died in February 2019 throughout an operation in Pulwama, will likely be awarded a second posthumous gallantry award. Baljeet was awarded a Sena Medal on the Independence Day in 2019 for an operation he was a part of in Srinagar in October 2018. Baljeet’s spouse, Arun Rani, acquired the Sena Medal (Gallantry) Bar on Wednesday.
The quotation for his award talked about that on February 12, 2019, Baljeet was the non-commissioned officer in-charge of Kakapore Company Operating Base in Pulwama district. “Once the presence of terrorists was established”, Baljeet together with Sepoy Sachin Kumar Yadav, “volunteered for house intervention”. When the 2 got here below fireplace from a terrorist hiding in an obscure place, Baljeet pushed his teammate apart, “saving his life”, and introduced down “effective fire on the terrorist” however was additionally killed in enemy fireplace.