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Medals minus usual boast
The Telegraph | Nishit Dholabhai | New Delhi, Aug. 14:
The 21st Special Forces who pursued Northeast militants along the Myanmar border in June have won a bagful of Independence Day honours, including a Kirti Chakra, a Shaurya Chakra and six Sena Medals for gallantry. But the government has downplayed the reason for awarding the paras, keeping in mind sensitivities at a crucial stage of the Naga peace talks and the diplomatic tensions triggered in June by claims that the operation had crossed into Myanmar.
Lt Col Nectar Sajenbam has won the Kirti Chakra for the courage shown under his leadership during the operation along the Myanmar border.
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