ACP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav has been awarded 8 President Gallantry Medals for his leadership in numerous high-risk police operations against terrorist groups and gangsters over several years. Some of the major operations mentioned include the 2008 Batla House encounter against Indian Mujahideen terrorists, apprehending Jaish-e-Mohammad militants in 2007, and neutralizing militants from Lashkar-e-Taiba and others. He has led operations resulting in the elimination or arrest of many dangerous individuals.

1. PRESIDENT
GALLANTRY MEDAL
Sanjeev Kumar Yadav
DCP: Delhi Police
Awarded by the Govt. Of India
The Only Officer to have been Awarded
8 President Gallantry Medals

2. A PROUD MOMENT
ACP Sanjeev Kumar
Yadav with his family
after receiving
President Gallantry
Medal from Lt.
Governor Tajender
Khanna on the Delhi
Police Raising Day
Ceremony at
Kingsway Camp in
New Delhi. (Feb 16,
2010) (Pic: Hindustan Times)

3. BATLA HOUSE
ACP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav led the Special Cell team that raided a premises at L-18, Batla House,
New Delhi, in search of Atif @Bashir, Chief of Indian Mujahideen, a terrorist group behind the
Delhi serial bomb blasts that shook the national capital city of Delhi on 13.9.08. No sooner did
the team enter the flat than the occupants of the flat opened fire on the police team. During the
cross firing, two militants namely Mohd. Atif Ameen and Mohd. Sajid @Pankaj sustained bullet
injuries while two other militants managed to escape. Inspr. Mohan Chand Sharma & HC Balwant
Singh also sustained injuries. Later the Valiant officer Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma succumbed
to bullet injuries. Another associate namely Mohd. Saif was arrested from the said flat.
President’s Gallantry Medal for his brave performance in the
Batla House operation conducted on September 19, 2008

4. JAISH-E-MOHAMMAD MILITANTS
ACP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav led the Special Cell team that apprehended Jaish-e-
Mohammad militants 1) Shahid Gafoor r/o Siyalkot, Pakistan, 2) Bashir Ahmed
Ponna r/o J&K and 3) Fayyaz Ahmed Lone r/o J&K and 4) Abdul Mazid r/o J&K
and recovered 3 kgs RDX, 06 hand grenades, 04 Detonators, 01 Timers, Pistol .32
bore, 30 slabs of PETN, $ 10,000/- and Rs. 50,000/- after a brief encounter at
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi.
President’s Gallantry Medal for his brave performance in apprehending
Jaish-e-Mohammad militants on February 5, 2007

5. MOHD. TARIQ @BADA CHANA
ACP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav led the Special Cell team that, in association with
SOG team, Roorkee, Uttaranchal neutralized Mohd. Tariq @ Bada Chana
r/o Itkauli, Distt. Sultanpur, UP, a lethal sharp shooter & henchman of
notorious underworld criminal Chhota Shakeel. He was carriying a Reward
of Rs. 50,000/- declared by the Commissioner of Police, Delhi. One
sophisticated .32 bore revolver was recovered from his possession.
President’s Gallantry Medal for his brave performance in neutralizing
Mohd. Tariq @ Bada Chana on May 10, 2006

6. HARDCORE LET MILITANT
ACP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav led the Special Cell team that neutralized Mohd. Iqbal @
Abu Hamja, a Pakistan National and hardcore LeT militant, near Jawahar Lal Nehru
Stadium. Subsequently, 10 hand-grenades, 5 kgs. Explosives, 2 AK-56 assault rifles, 179
live rounds of AK Rifle, 6 magazines of AK assault rifle, 3 kg. Urea, 3 litre Nitric Acid, 1
litre glycerin, 1 Thuraya Satelite mobile phone alongwith charger and computer were
recovered from the hideout of Abu Hamza at Ballabhgarh, Haryana, India.
President’s Gallantry Medal for his brave performance in neutralizing
hardcore LeT militant Mohd. Iqbal @ Abu Hamja on May 8, 2006

7. NOTORIOUS AYUB GANG
ACP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav led the Special Cell team in a fierce one to one encounter and
neutralized 05 most desperate and wanted interstate gangsters of notorious Ayub Gang
namely 1) Ayub @ Lambardar @ Azam @ Masterji r/o Sardhna, Meerut, (Reward Rs.
10,000/-) 2) Aslam r/o Sardhna, Meerut, (Reward Rs. 20,000/- 3) Manoj @ Ankit r/o
Bahsuma, Meerut, 4) Sanjay @ Ajay r/o Kankarkhera, Meerut and 5) Babu Khan r/o
Meerut. Two 9mm pistols, one .32 revolver, two .32 pistols, one live hand grenade with
detonator, one country made pistol .315 bore with 4 live cartridges, one Tata Sumo and
29 live cartridges of 9 mm were recovered from the gangsters.
President’s Gallantry Medal for neutralizing 5 notorious gangsters of
Ayub Gang in a fierce one-to-one encounter on May 5, 2006

8. LASHKAR-E-TAYYEBA (LET)
TERRORISTS
ACP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav led the Special Cell team in an operation wherein
two terrorists of banned terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT)
namely Ghulam Yazdani @ Yahya r/o Andhra Pradesh and Ahsanullah
Hasan @ Kajol r/o Bangladesh were neutralized in an encounter at
Holambi Kalan, Delhi.
President’s Gallantry Medal for his brave performance in neutralizing
two LeT terrorists on March 8, 2006

9. GANGSTER HEMANT @ SONU &
HIS TWO ASSOCIATES
ACP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav led the Special Cell team which in a joint
operation with Gurgaon Police, shot dead in encounter the most
wanted, dreaded, notorious and desperate interstate gangster
Hemant @ Sonu along with 2 of his associates namely Jaswant @
Sonu and Jai Prakash @ JP. Rewards of Rs. 50,000/- from Haryana
was declared on the arrest of Hemant @ Sonu.
President’s Gallantry Medal for his outstanding and gallant
performance in shooting down dreaded gangster March 7, 2006

10. DIVISIONAL COMMANDER OF
JAISH-E-MOHAMMAD
ACP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav led the Special Cell team that in a joint operation
with SOG, Srinagar shot down the Divisional Commander of banned terrorist
outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad namely Saiffulah Qari @ Kana r/o Pakistan. Large
quantity of arms, ammunition and explosive were recovered. A Case vide FIR
No. 105/2005 dated 20.11.2005 U/S 307/121/122/120B RPC, 25 I. Arms Act,
PS Raj Bagh, Srinagar, J&K was registered.
President’s Gallantry Medal for his brave performance in a joint
operation to shoot down Jaish-e-Mohammad militant on Nov 20, 2005