Vinod Kumar Choubey,[1] KC was an Indian Police Service officer who was killed by Maoist Naxalites during the July 2009 Rajnandgaon ambush.[2] He is the first Indian Police Service officer in the state of Chhattisgarh to have died due to Naxal violence.[3] Choubey was posthumously awarded the peacetime gallantry award "Kirti Chakra" by then President of India Pratibha Devi Singh Patil.[4][5]
- ^ "Vinod Kumar Choubey | Gallantry Awards". gallantryawards.gov.in. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ Ajai Sahni (28 July 2009). "Ages of Unreason". Outlook. Chhattisgarh. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ Arora, Vrinda (12 July 2023). "Chhattisgarh CM Baghel Honours 29 Policemen Martyred In Madanwada Naxal Violence". TheQuint. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Two Kirti Chakras (Posthumous) also Awarded". New Delhi: Press Information bureau, Government of India. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
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