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{{Short description| Indian Police Officer}}
{{Short description| Indian Police Officer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}}
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[[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]].  
[[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 name=":0">{{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>


== Ashoka Chakra awardee ==
== Ashoka Chakra awardee ==
For this act of courage, the President of India posthumously awarded him with the [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashok Chakra]] on Republic Day, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Posthumous honour for top police official|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Posthumous-honour-for-top-police-official/article15281453.ece|accessdate=16 March 2018|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref>
For this act of courage, the President of India posthumously awarded him with the [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashok Chakra]] on Republic Day, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Posthumous honour for top police official|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Posthumous-honour-for-top-police-official/article15281453.ece|accessdate=16 March 2018|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref>
The official citation for the [[Ashoka Chakra Award]] reads:<ref name=":0" />
{{Quotation|text={{center|'''ASSISTANT COMMANDANT SHRI PRAMOD KUMAR SATAPATHY TRAINING-IN-CHARGE OF THE SPECIAL OPERATION GROUP ORISSA STATE ARMED POLICE (POSTHUMOUS)'''}}
    In the night of 15th February 2008 about 500 heavily armed naxalites carried out simultaneous attacks on police at various locations in and around Bhubaneswar looting many weapons and killing several police personnel.  Thereafter, they hid in nearby jungles.
        Assistant Commandant Shri Pramod Kumar Satapathy of the Special Operation Group along with a mere 20 police personnel reached the elevated position taken by the naxalites inside the jungle and immediately mounted an assault on them.  The naxalites retaliated with heavy fire on the police team and in a fierce encounter lasting for about two hours.  Shri Satapathy led the operations with exemplary courage before making the supreme sacrifice.
        Shri Pramod Kumar Satapathy displayed highest degree of bravery and dedication to duty in the fight against naxalites.|title=}}


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