Army officer from Shimla conferred gallantry award

Maj Bali, serving with the 9 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), led a high-stakes counter-terrorism operation in the heavily forested terrain of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir. A joint task force comprising the Indian Army’s 9 RR and the Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a Search and Destroy Operation following intelligence inputs about the presence of entrenched hardcore terrorists.