His two other colleagues, Inspector Balbir Singh and Head Constable Tara Singh, have also been accorded the top bravery medal for displaying raw and exemplary courage in the face of imminent danger posed by the terrorists.
Baljit Singh, a Punjab provincial police service officer, has been awarded the President's Police Medal for Gallantry posthumously for undertaking a dare-devil challenge of combating three suicide attackers who attacked a police station in Dinanagar area of the border district on July 27.
Balbir and Tara were also present in the police station when the terrorists laid a siege and the policemen displayed good presence of mind and raw courage to pin them down.
Singh's father also laid down his life while combating militants some years back.
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In the pre-dawn attack, the terrorists, suspected to be members of either Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) or Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), in army fatigues first targeted a roadside eatery, then sprayed bullets on a passenger bus and later barged into Dinanagar police station.
A Punjab police SWAT commando team later eliminated the terrorists after a long-drawn operation.