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{{short description|Indian police officer (1965–2008)}}{{Infobox police officer|other_names=M. C. Sharma|known_for=[[Batla House encounter]]|department=[[Delhi Police]]|serviceyears=1989-2008|rank=[[File:Police Inspector insignia.png|40px]] [[List of police to ranks in India|Police Inspector]]|awards=[[File:Ashoka Chakra ribbon.svg|30px]] [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]]|honorific prefix=[[List of police ranks in India|Police Inspector]]|name=Mohan Chand Sharma|honorific suffix=[[Ashok Chakra Award|AC]]|image=Mohan Chand Sharma.jpg|caption=Official Portrait, 1989|birth_date={{birth date|df=yes|1965|9|23}}|birth_place=[[as Chaukhutia]], [[Uttarakhand]], India|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|2008|9|19|1965|9|23}}|death_place=[[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], India|relations=Maya Sharma (Wife)}}
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'''Mohan Chand Sharma''' [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]] (23 September 1965 – 19 September 2008) was an Indian police officer who was killed during the [[Batla House encounter case|2008 Batla House encounter]] in [[New Delhi]]. He was posthumously awarded the Gallantry medal [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra Award]], [[India]]'s highest peacetime military decoration, on 26 January 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-27 |title=Ashok Chakra conferred to 'encounter cop' MC Sharma on R-Day |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/ashok-chakra-conferred-to-encounter-cop-mc-sharma-on-r-day/story-qCKDVMaoXWw6Eg7NlLeALN.html |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Sharma, a [[Kumaoni people|Kumaoni]], was born in [[Chaukhutia]] [[Masi, Almora|Masi]] region of [[Almora]] in [[Uttarakhand]]. He joined the [[Delhi Police]] as a [[Sub Inspector of Police|sub-inspector]] in 1989, and continued to serve for 19 years. He was a part of the Special Cell, an anti-[[terrorist]] unit of the Delhi Police Force.<ref name="expressindia">{{cite web |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Inspector-Mohan-Chand-Sharma-to-be-cremated/363779/ |title=Delhi cop Sharma cremated with full state honours |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406094804/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Inspector-Mohan-Chand-Sharma-to-be-cremated/363779/ |archivedate=2012-04-06}}</ref>

Sharma, along with [[Assistant commissioner of police|ACP]] Rajbir Singh, were credited for gathering [[prima facie]] evidence in the [[2001 Indian Parliament attack|Parliament attack in 2001]]. <ref>{{cite court|litigants=State vs Mohd. Afzal And Ors.|court=Delhi High Court|date=29 October 2003|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1031426/|access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> Their efforts led to the conviction of mastermind [[Afzal Guru]], who was executed in February 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=Rajesh |title=Indian Parliament Attack Planner Hanged |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324590904578292910964921342}}</ref>

Sharma was involved in an encounter with the terrorist [[Zabiuddin Ansari|Zabiuddin Ansari]] aka Abu Hamza at [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|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.<ref name="tribune">{{cite news |last1=Yadav |first1=Sandeep |title=Decorated officer Sharma dies |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080920/main2.htm |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=The Tribune |date=20 September 2008}}</ref>

==Death==
On 19 September 2008, Sharma, along with a few [[Delhi Police]] officers, was involved in the [[Batla House encounter case|Batla House encounter]]. In a firefight with [[Indian Mujahideen]]'s [[terrorist]]s, who were involved in the [[13 September 2008 Delhi bombings]], Sharma received bullet injuries to his abdomen, thighs and right arm. He was taken to the nearest hospital, but he died during treatment. According to the autopsy performed at the [[AIIMS]], he died of excessive bleeding. <ref name="pti">{{cite news |title=Blasts-linked militants, policeman killed in Delhi gunbattle |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200809192041.htm |work=The Hindu |agency=Press Trust India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103055544/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200809192041.htm |archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref>

==Batla House case==
He was a part of the 2008 Batla House encounter case with Delhi Police.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/did-you-know/did-you-know-that-dcp-sanjeev-kumar-yadav-gave-his-inputs-to-keep-john-abraham-starrer-batla-house-authentic/articleshow/70394948.cms|title=Did you know that DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav gave his inputs to keep John Abraham-starrer 'Batla House' authentic?|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=26 July 2019 |access-date=2022-01-26}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/did-you-know/did-you-know-that-dcp-sanjeev-kumar-yadav-gave-his-inputs-to-keep-john-abraham-starrer-batla-house-authentic/articleshow/70394948.cms|title=Did you know that DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav gave his inputs to keep John Abraham-starrer 'Batla House' authentic?|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=January 2022|language=en}}</ref>

===Tributes===
A number of high officials paid tribute to Sharma, including [[Home Minister]] [[Shivraj Patil]] and [[Police Commissioner]] Y. S. Dadhwal.<ref name="ndtv.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066025 |title=Braveheart Inspector's death a huge loss |date=21 September 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023220958/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066025 |archivedate=23 October 2008}}</ref> [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Manmohan Singh]] praised his "exceptional courage" and called him "an inspiration for our security forces."<ref name="expressindia.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Manmohan-condoles-Sharma--s-death/363453/ |title=Manmohan, Sonia condole Sharma's death |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406094754/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Manmohan-condoles-Sharma--s-death/363453/ |archivedate=2012-04-06}}</ref> The Prime Minister also sent a message of condolence to Sharma's wife,<ref name="archivepmo">{{cite web |title=PM condoles demise of Inspector M. C. Sharma |url=https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/pmmessageappeals.php?nodeid=188 |publisher=Prime Minister's Office |access-date=17 August 2021 |date=19 September 2008}}</ref> as did [[Indian National Congress|INC]] president [[Sonia Gandhi]].<ref name="expressindia.com"/>

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