Head Constable Raj Kumar Yadav
Head Constable
Died
3 Apr 2021
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CRPF Head Constable killed in the Bijapur ambush of 3 April 2021, posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra for his gallantry in one of the deadliest single-day losses for security forces in the Naxal conflict.
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Head Constable Raj Kumar Yadav was deployed with a CRPF contingent in anti-Naxal operations in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. On 3 April 2021, near Jonaguda village, around 400 Maoists launched a coordinated ambush against the security force column. Outnumbered and surrounded in dense forest, Raj Kumar Yadav held his position and continued to engage the Maoists, preventing a collapse of the unit's defence. He was killed in the engagement. Twenty-two security forces personnel were martyred. He was posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra.