COAS

"Badge of Sacrifice" presented to DySP Himayun Bhat's family; what does it signify?

Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi presented the 'Badge of Sacrifice' and 'Certificate of Honour' to the families of soldiers and officers who laid down their lives in the line of duty. Among the honoured was DySP Himayun Muzzammil Bhat of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, who was posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra by President Droupadi Murmu a day earlier for his gallantry during a terrorist encounter in Anantnag in September 2023. May 23, 2025