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[[Assistant commandant|Assistant Commandant]] '''Pramod Kumar Satapathy''', [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]] was | [[Assistant commandant|Assistant Commandant]] '''Pramod Kumar Satapathy''', [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]] was a Police Officer of the Special Operation Group of [[State Armed Police Forces#Odisha Special Armed Police|Odisha Special Armed Police]], which comes under India's [[Odisha Police]] who was awarded India's highest peace time gallantry award [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]]. | ||
On the night of 15 February 2008, about 500 armed [[naxalite]]s attacked the police at various locations in and around [[Bhubaneshwar]], [[Odisha]], India. On hearing this news, Shri Satapathy along with just 20 available police personnel reached inside the jungle in [[Nayagarh]] and launched an assault on the hiding militants. In the ensuing encounter, Shri Satapathy bravely led the operations but ultimately got [[killed in action]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ashoka Chakra awardees and their saga of gallantry|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=46980|website=PIB, Government of India|accessdate=}}</ref> | On the night of 15 February 2008, about 500 armed [[naxalite]]s attacked the police at various locations in and around [[Bhubaneshwar]], [[Odisha]], India. On hearing this news, Shri Satapathy along with just 20 available police personnel reached inside the jungle in [[Nayagarh]] and launched an assault on the hiding militants. In the ensuing encounter, Shri Satapathy bravely led the operations but ultimately got [[killed in action]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ashoka Chakra awardees and their saga of gallantry|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=46980|website=PIB, Government of India|accessdate=}}</ref> | ||