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NAMED FOR SARVOTTAM JEEVAN RAKSHA MEDALS POSTHUMOUSLY
Manipur's M Khayingthei and Mizoram's
Ramdinthara, who lost their lives while trying to save friends from drowning,
are among three persons selected for 'Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak'.
The government also announced names of six 'Uttam
Jeevan Raksha Padak' and 28 'Jeevan Raksha Padak' winners for meritorious act
of humane nature in saving the life of a person.
Khayingthei lost his life in 2012 when he jumped into a deep gorge in Ukhrul
district to save life of his friends.
He managed to save them but died in the process. 15-year-old Ramdinthara was
also selected for the award posthumously.
He had gone for swimming with his friends on March 31, 2012 when one of them
fell into the water.
Though Ramdinthara managed to pull his friend out, he drowned.
The third winner was Soumya Ranjan Biswal from Odhisa who sacrificed his life
to save lives of other people.
The decoration of the award (medal, certificate signed by the Home Minister and
demand draft for monetary allowance) is presented to the awardee in due course
by the respective government of the state to which the awardee belongs.
The monetary allowance is Rs 1,00,000, Rs 60,000 and Rs 40,000 to the Sarvottam
Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak awardees
respectively.
Gujarat's Tarang Atulbhai Mistry, now 19, was selected for Uttam Jeevan Raksha
Padak. He had saved four persons from drowning in 2012.
Meghalaya's Stripleaseman Mylliem, now 11, was also selected in this category
for saving his cousin from another relative who had gunned down the entire
family. The others selected for this award are Shaashwath Raj (Karnataka),
Arjun Oli (Uttarakhand), Mukesh Nishad (Chhattisgarh) and Vishnu M V (Kerala).
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