Hyderabad :

After achieving maximum number of police gallantry medals, Telangana police have added another feather to their cap by bagging Shourya Chakra on Independence Day.

Counter Intelligence (CI) Cell constable K Srinivasulu, 35, was awarded the Shourya Chakra for nabbing terror suspect Alam Zeb Afridi even after getting stabbed by the latter in Bengaluru in January this year.

Alam Zeb Afridi, 30, of Ahmedabad, was an accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, the 2014 Church Street Blast of Bengaluru and another terror blast in Chennai.

In January 2016, the CI cell members of Telangana, following a terror trail, raided Alam Zeb’s den at Doddanagamangala near Electronic City in Bengaluru and when constable Srinivasulu was trying to nab Alam Zeb, the terror operative stabbed him in the stomach with a knife.

“Despite getting stabbed, the Counter Intelligence Cell constable did not let Alam Zeb escape till support arrived and, due to his daring act, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) could arrest Alam Zeb,” an intelligence official said.

Among the 14 persons awarded Shourya Chakra this year, 12 are from the armed forces and two, including Srinivasulu, were policemen.

The other police officer, Atu Zumvu, is a sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of Kohima, Nagaland.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Hyderabad / TNN / August 16th, 2016