J&K cop honoured posthumously with Ashoka Chakra - India's highest peacetime gallantry award

Assistant Sub-Inspector Babu Ram of Jammu and Kashmir Police was posthumously conferred with the Ashoka Chakra on the eve of Independence Day.

Assistant Sub-Inspector Babu Ram and Constable Altaf Hussain Bhat of Jammu and Kashmir Police have been posthumously conferred the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra awards, respectively, on the eve of the 75th Independence Day. While the Ashoka Chakra is India's highest peacetime gallantry honour, Kirti Chakra is the second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards.