King Gyanendra, at a special investiture ceremony at the Narayanhiti Royal Palace Friday, distributed medals to security personnel making “special contribution to maintain law and order” in the country, many of them posthumously.
The King conferred the Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (Third) on two persons, the Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (Fourth) on 14 security personnel and Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (Fifth) on 392 others all posthumously.
The King awarded the Nepal Tara (Fourth) to three persons and the Thrishakti Patta (Fourth) to two persons posthumously. The King conferred the Trishakti Patta (Fifth) posthumously on one person.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa were present on the occasion.