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Monday, Dec 13, 2004

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Attack on Parliament: Martyrs remembered

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, DEC. 12. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Delhi police today paid tributes to their brave colleagues who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty while countering the terrorist attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001. All the five militants, who were trying to enter Parliament House, were eliminated in that encounter.

When the terrorists entered the Parliament complex on that fateful day, constable Kamlesh Kumari of the CRPF was the first one to have altered the security personnel about their presence. She was, however, gunned down by the terrorists. In recognition of her outstanding bravery, the President conferred on her the nation's highest peacetime award, Ashok Chakra, posthumously. Apart from her, constables D. Santosh Kumar, Shyambir Singh, and Sukhwinder Singh, and Head Constable, Y.B. Thapa, were awarded Shaurya Chakra for laying down their lives while fighting the terrorists.

The Delhi police paid homage to Assistant Sub-Inspectors Nanakchand and Rampal Singh; and Head Constables Vijendra, Ghanshyam and Om Prakash, who were also killed in the encounter with militants. The five were honoured with the President's Kirti Chakra.

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