Naresh Kumar is an officer in the
Central Reserve Police Force
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is a central armed police force in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The CRPF assists states and Union Territories in maintaining law and order and internal security. It is composed of the Cent ...
(CRPF) of India. On 14 August 2020 he was awarded his seventh police medal for gallantry, the most ever received by a single officer in the force's history.
Background
Naresh was born to an Army officer in
Hoshiyarpur in
Punjab
Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...
. He did his initial schooling from Army Schools and
Kendriya Vidyalaya
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Schools. He completed his B.Tech from
Punjabi University
Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew Universit ...
,
Patiala
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before clearing the reputed
UPSC examination for the post of Assistant Commandant and joined the CRPF in March 2013.
Career
After completing basic training from
CRPF Academy,
Gurugram
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, Naresh joined 79th battalion based in Kashmir. During his initial days of service he went for specialized training on Counter Insurgency and Anti Terrorism to combat critical situations in case of any terrorist attack.
On 20/02/2016, a CRPF convoy coming from Jammu was targeted by terrorists at Pampore near JKEDI building. After this operation CRPF realized the challenge of Urban Warfare and formulated a Quick Action Team (QAT) to respond to such attacks. A group of senior officers of CRPF, Atul Karwal (then IG Srinagar Sector), Kamal Kant Sharma (then DIG South Srinagar), Arvind Rai, DIG, Suman Kant Tigga, DIG handpicked men from different units to prepare a team. Naresh was selected as the commander and tasked to train the selected men and turn them to an extraordinary team by imparting special combat skills. After formation, the team was trained with
NSG at
Manesar
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for Building Intervention and firing in compressed environment.
The
CRPF Valley QAT was put to its first test on 15/08/2016 when terrorists attacked a police picket at Nowhatta Chowk, Srinagar. The commandos of QAT neutralized the terrorists within minutes and proved their extraordinary fighting capabilities in Urban Warfare. Since then, CRPF
Valley QAT has conducted many operations with
Indian Army
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and J&K police. Naresh has successfully led CRPF Valley
QAT in many operations.
References
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Indian police officers
Living people
1985 births
People from Punjab, India
Punjabi University alumni