PARAMVEER AUR PARAMSHREST VEER YODHA INSPECTOR OF POLICE, LATE. PRASAD BABU OF ANDRA PRADESH CONFERRED THE `ASHOKA CHAKRA` AWARD BY THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA, POSTHUMOUSLY.
The Ashok Chakra is awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice other than in the face of the enemy