{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Ankit Garg | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|df=yes|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Police superintendent in Chhattisgarh, India | awards = Police Medal for Gallantry (2012) }} '''Ankit Garg''' is a police superintendent in Chhattisgarh, India. On 9 October 2010, he led a counterinsurgency operation against Naxalites for which he would later be awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry.<ref name=Hindu261>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2834675.ece |title=Activists shocked at gallantry award for Chhattisgarh cop |author=Aman Sethi |date=26 January 2012 |work=The Hindu |publisher= |accessdate=19 April 2012}}</ref>
==Police Medal for Gallantry== On Republic Day 2012, Ankit Garg was awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry for his role the 2010 raid on Maoist supporters. Human rights activists protested against the Union government for presenting this award.<ref name="Hindu261"/>
Ankit Garg was also accused of ordering the torture and sexual abuse of Soni Sori while she was in his custody, as a district police superintendent, in October 2011.<ref name="HRW301">{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/30/india-prosecute-security-forces-torture |title=India: Prosecute Security Forces for Torture |author=Human Rights Watch |date=30 January 2012 |work=HRW |access-date=January 21, 2026}}</ref><ref name="NDTV301">{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/outrage-over-gallantry-award-for-chhattisgarh-police-officer-571276 |title=Outrage over gallantry award for Chhattisgarh police officer |author=Sonal Mehrotra |date=January 30, 2012 |work=NDTV |access-date=January 21, 2026}}</ref> The Supreme Court of India determined that the sexual abuse had occurred, though no action was taken against either Ankit Garg or his subordinates.<ref name="BBC223">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35811608 |title=Soni Sori: The woman who takes on the Indian state |author=Divya Arya |date=22 March 2016 |work=BBC News |access-date=January 21, 2026}}</ref><ref name="SC2011">{{cite web |url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/58117fd72713e17947956603 |title=Soni Sori And Another v. State Of Chhattisgarh (Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 206 of 2011) |author=Supreme Court of India |date=20 October 2011 |work=CaseMine |access-date=January 21, 2026}}</ref>
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