Here's The Story Of The Woman Ashok Chakra Awardee Who Sacrificed Her Life In Parliament Attack
The Story of only women Ashok Chakra awardee, Kamlesh Kumari, CRPF constable who laid her life during parliament attack.
She didn¡¯t have a gun. Traditionally, woman constables aren¡¯t given weapons inside the Parliament premises. But she managed with her wireless set and took on heavily armed terrorists who were there to attack the symbol of Indian democracy - Parliament House.
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This story is about the only woman Ashok Chakra awardee (Posthumously) Kamlesh Kumari, a CRPF soldier posted at Gate No. 1 of Parliament on December 13, 2001, when terrorists had attacked it.
She could have backed out owing to the absence of any weapons with her, but she chose to confront five terrorists while alerting her male peers about the attack. She was first Indian casualty in 2001 Parliament attack.
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"She alerted the security about the bomber. But she was unarmed and in the open and her cries were heard by the militants too. Even before anyone could respond, Kamlesh collapsed as terrorists' bullets hit her stomach," Sukhwinder Singh, another soldier who responded to her cries and shot down the suicide bomber who sought entry inside the parliament building was quoted by Mid Day years later.
Singh was later awarded the Shaura Chakra.
This is how Kamlesh confronted the terrorists
Constable Kamlesh Kumari from 88 (Mahila) Battalion of the CRPF was posted at Iron Gate No. 1, next to Building Gate No 11, which is the main entrance for VVIPs coming to Parliament, on December 13, 2001.
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Around 11.40 a.m., Kamlesh heard grenade blasts and gunshots. She immediately shouted and alerted her male peers about a suicide bomber who was fast approaching the entry inside Parliament through Gate No. 11.
The terrorists shot at her and she collapsed. But her efforts alerted Sukhwinder Singh, who shot down the suicide bomber and his belt filled with ammunition exploded.
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Kamlesh, who was born in Uttar Pradesh's Sikanderpur in 1969 sacrificed her life on the path of duty. Her valour not only saved the Parliament House and Members of Parliament, who were inside but also the values of democracy and freedom still standing intact in form of the Parliament House of the world's biggest democracy.For more on news and current affairs from around the world please visit Indiatimes News.
