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| honorific_prefix = [[ | | honorific_prefix = [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] | ||
| name = D. Sreeram Kumar | | name = D. Sreeram Kumar | ||
| honorific_suffix = [[Ashok Chakra Award|AC]] | | honorific_suffix = [[Ashok Chakra Award|AC]] | ||
| imagesize = | | imagesize = | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|01|11}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Ashoka Chakra to Major Mohit Sharma and Major D Sreeram Kumar: Four Kirti Chakra Also Awarded |work=Press Information Bureau |location= |date=15 August | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|01|11}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Ashoka Chakra to Major Mohit Sharma and Major D Sreeram Kumar: Four Kirti Chakra Also Awarded |work=Press Information Bureau |location= |date=15 August 2022}}</ref> | ||
| birth_place = [[Kovilpatti]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India | | birth_place = [[Kovilpatti]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India | ||
| image = D. Sreeram Kumar.jpg | | image = D. Sreeram Kumar.jpg | ||
| image_size = 250 px | | image_size = 250 px | ||
| caption = Portrait of Maj (now | | caption = Portrait of Maj (now Col) D. Sreeram Kumar | ||
| allegiance = {{flag|India}} | | allegiance = {{flag|India}} | ||
| branch = {{army|India}} | | branch = {{army|India}} | ||
| serviceyears = 2004–present | | serviceyears = 2004–present | ||
| rank = [[File: | | rank = [[File:Colonel_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|25px]] [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] | ||
| servicenumber = SS-40576<br>( | | servicenumber = SS-40576<br>(Short-service commission)<br>IC-66076A<br>(Regular commission) | ||
| unit = 90 Medium Regiment <br/>([[Regiment of Artillery]])<br /> | | unit = 90 Medium Regiment <br/>([[Regiment of Artillery]])<br /> | ||
39 [[Assam Rifles]] | 39 [[Assam Rifles]] | ||
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**[[Insurgency in Manipur]] | **[[Insurgency in Manipur]] | ||
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| awards = [[File:Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg|30px]] [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]] | | awards = [[File:Ashoka_Chakra_ribbon.svg|30px]] [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]] | ||
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[[ | [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] '''D. Sreeram Kumar''' [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]] (born 11 January 1981) is a serving [[Indian Army]] officer who was decorated in 2010 with the [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]], India's highest peacetime gallantry decoration.<ref>{{cite web |title=D SREERAM KUMAR {{!}} Gallantry Awards |url=https://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/d-sreeram-kumar |website=gallantryawards.gov.in}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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==Army career== | ==Army career== | ||
[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil Patil giving away the highest gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Major D Shreeram Kumar of 39 Assam Rifles in New Delhi on January 26, 2010.jpg|right|thumb|Sreeram Kumar receives the Ashok Chakra from President [[Pratibha Patil]] on 26 January 2010.]] | [[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil Patil giving away the highest gallantry award Ashok Chakra to Major D Shreeram Kumar of 39 Assam Rifles in New Delhi on January 26, 2010.jpg|right|thumb|Sreeram Kumar receives the Ashok Chakra from President [[Pratibha Patil]] on 26 January 2010.]] | ||
Kumar joined the [[Officers Training Academy]], [[Chennai]] in October 2002 and received a short-service commission in 90 Medium Regiment (Artillery) on 20 March 2004, with the rank of lieutenant.<ref name="commission">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=620 |date=28 March 2009|url= | Kumar joined the [[Officers Training Academy]], [[Chennai]] in October 2002 and received a short-service commission in 90 Medium Regiment (Artillery) on 20 March 2004, with the rank of lieutenant.<ref name="commission">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=620 |date=28 March 2009|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2009/W_13_2010_017.pdf |work=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 20 March 2009, he received a regular commission (seniority from 20 October 2004) with the service number IC-66076A,<ref name="commission"/> and was promoted captain on 20 October 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1230 |date=18 July 2009|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2009/W_29_2010_006.pdf |work=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Promoted acting [[major]] on 24 August 2008, he served with 39 [[Assam Rifles]] in [[Arunachal Pradesh]] (Operation Orchid) and later in [[Manipur]] (Operation Hifazat). | ||
===Ashoka Chakra citation=== | ===Ashoka Chakra citation=== | ||
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In the ensuring fierce encounter upholding the traditions of the Indian Army, showing leadership of the highest order and unmindful of personal safety, Maj D Sreeram Kumar directed his buddy to provide covering fire and with utter disregard to his own safety dashed down and closed in crawling and killed the two terrorists at point blank range. A fifth terrorist was killed by his buddy after vigorous search. | In the ensuring fierce encounter upholding the traditions of the Indian Army, showing leadership of the highest order and unmindful of personal safety, Maj D Sreeram Kumar directed his buddy to provide covering fire and with utter disregard to his own safety dashed down and closed in crawling and killed the two terrorists at point blank range. A fifth terrorist was killed by his buddy after vigorous search. | ||
For displaying inspirational leadership, conspicuous gallantry under hostile fire and single handled eliminating four terrorists, Maj D Sreeram Kumar was awarded ‘Ashok Chakra’ on the occasion of the Independence Day 09. | For displaying inspirational leadership, conspicuous gallantry under hostile fire and single handled eliminating four terrorists, Maj D Sreeram Kumar was awarded ‘Ashok Chakra’ on the occasion of the Independence Day 09.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Official Home Page of the Indian Army |url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=DHuBG0KNvRWqqeNgniS/bw==&ParentID=p8HmKmv58xObdnLtxgxwLQ== |website=www.indianarmy.nic.in}}</ref> | ||
}} | }} | ||
===Subsequent career=== | ===Subsequent career=== | ||
Kumar | Kumar is an instructor at the [[Indian Military Academy]] (IMA). He received a substantive promotion to major on 20 October 2010,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=601 |date=26 March 2011|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2011/W_13_2011_071.pdf |work=The Gazette of India}}</ref> with promotion to [[Lieutenant colonel|lieutenant-colonel]] on 20 October 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1990 |date=27 July 2019|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/208580.pdf |work=The Gazette of India}}</ref> On 31 January 2021, he was promoted to [[Colonel (India)|colonel]] (by selection), with seniority from 26 October 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=122 |date=29 January 2022|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2022/232976.pdf |work=The Gazette of India}}</ref> | ||
==Controversy== | |||
In March 2013, a Supreme Court judicial commission ruled the killing of cousins Gobind and Nobo Meitei in the Langol area of Imphal to have been a staged encounter. The killings took place on 4 April 2009, and involved a joint team of local police and a unit of 39 Assam Rifles commanded by Kumar. While official statements from the paramilitary forces were that the cousins had opened fire when challenged and had been killed in response, the judicial panel concluded that based on medical evidence and witness testimonies, the action was "not an encounter but an operation by the security forces wherein death of the victims was caused knowingly". | In March 2013, a Supreme Court judicial commission ruled the killing of cousins Gobind and Nobo Meitei in the Langol area of Imphal to have been a staged encounter. The killings took place on 4 April 2009, and involved a joint team of local police and a unit of 39 Assam Rifles commanded by Kumar. While official statements from the paramilitary forces were that the cousins had opened fire when challenged and had been killed in response, the judicial panel concluded that based on medical evidence and witness testimonies, the action was "not an encounter but an operation by the security forces wherein death of the victims was caused knowingly". | ||
Revision as of 23:33, 16 December 2022
D. Sreeram Kumar | |
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 Portrait of Maj (now Col) D. Sreeram Kumar | |
| Born | 11 January 1981[1] Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Service/ |  Indian Army |
| Years of service | 2004–present |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Service number | SS-40576 (Short-service commission) IC-66076A (Regular commission) |
| Unit | 90 Medium Regiment (Regiment of Artillery) 39 Assam Rifles |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |  Ashoka Chakra |
Colonel D. Sreeram Kumar AC (born 11 January 1981) is a serving Indian Army officer who was decorated in 2010 with the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry decoration.[2]
Early life
Sreeram Kumar was born in Kovilpatti and did his schooling in Sainik School, Amaravathinagar and passed out in 1998. He did his under graduation at The American College in Madurai.[3]
Army career
Kumar joined the Officers Training Academy, Chennai in October 2002 and received a short-service commission in 90 Medium Regiment (Artillery) on 20 March 2004, with the rank of lieutenant.[4] On 20 March 2009, he received a regular commission (seniority from 20 October 2004) with the service number IC-66076A,[4] and was promoted captain on 20 October 2006.[5] Promoted acting major on 24 August 2008, he served with 39 Assam Rifles in Arunachal Pradesh (Operation Orchid) and later in Manipur (Operation Hifazat).
Ashoka Chakra citation
A brief about the action reads:
On 23 Oct 08, at 1730 hrs after obtaining explicit intelligence regarding presence of 10–15 armed terrorists at village Heingang Heibi Makhong, Imphal East District, Maj D Sreeram Kumar launched ops to eliminate the terrorists. Reaching the site, he laid multiple ambushes on the escape routes of the terrorists.
Around 1830hrs, the section under Maj D Sreeram Kumar observed suspicious movement of armed terrorists moving towards the nearby ridge on being challenged, the terrorists opened indiscriminate heavy automatic fire and pinned down the section. The officer miraculously missed certain death but showing exemplary courage and presence of mind, engaged the terrorists with accurate fire and killed two terrorists on the spot.
In the ensuring fierce encounter upholding the traditions of the Indian Army, showing leadership of the highest order and unmindful of personal safety, Maj D Sreeram Kumar directed his buddy to provide covering fire and with utter disregard to his own safety dashed down and closed in crawling and killed the two terrorists at point blank range. A fifth terrorist was killed by his buddy after vigorous search.
For displaying inspirational leadership, conspicuous gallantry under hostile fire and single handled eliminating four terrorists, Maj D Sreeram Kumar was awarded ‘Ashok Chakra’ on the occasion of the Independence Day 09.[6]
Subsequent career
Kumar is an instructor at the Indian Military Academy (IMA). He received a substantive promotion to major on 20 October 2010,[7] with promotion to lieutenant-colonel on 20 October 2017.[8] On 31 January 2021, he was promoted to colonel (by selection), with seniority from 26 October 2019.[9]
Controversy
In March 2013, a Supreme Court judicial commission ruled the killing of cousins Gobind and Nobo Meitei in the Langol area of Imphal to have been a staged encounter. The killings took place on 4 April 2009, and involved a joint team of local police and a unit of 39 Assam Rifles commanded by Kumar. While official statements from the paramilitary forces were that the cousins had opened fire when challenged and had been killed in response, the judicial panel concluded that based on medical evidence and witness testimonies, the action was "not an encounter but an operation by the security forces wherein death of the victims was caused knowingly".
Referring to the encounter, in which 89 rounds were fired at the pair, Kumar was reported as saying the encounter had been genuine, and that his understanding was "when a person is warned by the security forces and if he reacts by firing, such a person is a hardcore terrorist."[10]
On 14 July 2017, the Supreme Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a probe into several extrajudicial killings in Manipur, including the case in which Kumar was implicated.[11]
References
- ↑ "Ashoka Chakra to Major Mohit Sharma and Major D Sreeram Kumar: Four Kirti Chakra Also Awarded". Press Information Bureau. 15 August 2022.
- ↑ "D SREERAM KUMAR | Gallantry Awards". gallantryawards.gov.in.
- ↑ "Memorable reunion for senior officers at Sainik School".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 28 March 2009. p. 620.
- ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 18 July 2009. p. 1230.
- ↑ "The Official Home Page of the Indian Army". www.indianarmy.nic.in.
- ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 26 March 2011. p. 601.
- ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 July 2019. p. 1990.
- ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 29 January 2022. p. 122.
- ↑ Anand, Utkarsh; Roy, Esha (15 September 2013). "Ashoka Chakra awardee led fake encounter in Manipur, says SC panel". The Indian Express. Imphal; New Delhi. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ↑ Pubby, Manu (14 July 2017). "4 key Manipur encounter cases in focus as SC orders CBI probe into extra-judicial killings". The Print. Retrieved 29 August 2020.