Overview
- The Ministry of Home Affairs announced the 2025 list on October 31, naming 1,466 personnel from states, union territories and central organisations, with the full roll posted on the MHA website.
- Daily Excelsior reports that 40 honorees from Jammu & Kashmir Police and the CRPF are tied to Operation Mahadev, including IG Kashmir V. K. Birdi and SSP Srinagar G. V. Sundeep Chakraborty among 19 J&K police awardees.
- Republic World says 20 Jammu & Kashmir Police officers involved in Operation Mahadev received the medal, listing senior and field officers across ranks.
- Security forces have said Operation Mahadev eliminated three Pakistani suspects — Sulieman alias Asif, Jibran and Hamza Afghani — with reports noting the recovery of an M4 carbine, two AK rifles and other munitions.
- Coverage attributes the operation to Intelligence Bureau leads from May 22 with sensor confirmation on July 22 and a multi‑agency action in Dachigam months after the April 22 Pahalgam killings; the medal was instituted on February 1, 2024 and is announced each October 31.