New Delhi: Sept 30: As part of its effort to honour the bravehearts of the nation with the first edition of the “Officer's Choice Salaam India Awards”, India TV has instituted a bravery award in the memory of Jyoti Singh, the brave girl who lost her life after fighting the gruesome gang rape in a bus in Delhi but awakened the society and the nation on crime against women.
Jyoti Singh Bravery Awards were also presented at a gala ceremony in New Delhi on Saturday(Sept 28). Other categories for which the Awards were given away included Bravery, Gallantry & Special Awards etc.
The 13 winners included Shareef Ibrahim Kutty for risking his life to save many innocent lives, Late Barun Biswas (posthumous) for his crusades against anti-social elements & eventually putting up his life for the cause he lived for, Captain Bikramjeet Singh for his exemplary display of valour during the recent Uttarakhand crises. Lakshmi for her decisive fight against the menace of acid attacks was one of the three winners of the Jyoti Singh Awards.
