Mohan Chand SharmaAC (23 September 1965 – 19 September 2008) was an Indian police officer who was martyred during the 2008 Batla House encounter in New Delhi. He was posthumously awarded the Gallantry medal Ashoka Chakra Award, India's highest peacetime military decoration, on 26 January 2009.[1]
Sharma was involved in an encounter with the terrorist Abu Hamza at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in 2006, and in the arrest of four Jaish-e-Mohammad militants in February 2007 after an encounter at DDU Marg, Delhi.
He received a number of awards and decorations during his career, including seven gallantry awards.[3]
He was a part of the 2008 Batla House encounter case with Delhi Police.[5]
He played a major role in this case, and a film was also made about it called Batla House. in which his character was played by famous Bollywood actor Ravi Kishan.[6]