16 BSF personnel to get Gallantry Medals for ‘unmatched valour’ during Op Sindoor: Here’s the full list

The paramilitary force is tasked with guarding the India-Pakistan border along the western flank of the country.

Sixteen Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have been awarded gallantry medals for displaying "conspicuous bravery" and "unmatched valour" during Operation Sindoor.

The paramilitary force is tasked with guarding the India-Pakistan border along the western flank of the country.

"This Independence Day, 16 Brave Seema Praharis (border guards) are being awarded Gallantry Medals for their conspicuous bravery & unmatched valour, for being resolute & steadfast during the Ops Sindoor.  The medals are a testament to the Nation's faith & trust reposed in the India's First Line of Defence," the BSF said in a social media post.

Among the medal winners are a deputy commandant rank officer, two assistant commandants and an inspector.

Here is the full list of winners:

•Sub Inspector Vyas Dev

•Constable Suddi Rabha

•Abhishek Srivastav, Asstt. Commandant

•Constable Bhupendra Bajpai

•Constable Rajan Kumar

•Constable Basavaraja Shivappa Sunkada

•Head Constable Brij Mohan Singh

•Constable Depeswar Barman

•Inspector Udai Vir Singh

•Ravindra Rathore, Dy. Commandant

•Inspector Devi Lal

•Head Constable Sahib Singh

•Constable Kanwaraj Singh

•ASI Rajappa B T

•Constable Manohar Xalxo

•Alok Negi, Asstt. Commandant

Under Operation Sindoor, India targeted terrorist and military facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir from May 7 to 10 in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed.