PM Narendra Modi pays homage on the 3rd anniversary of the terrible attack on CRPF personnel. “I pay homage to all those martyred in Pulwama on this day in 2019 and recall their outstanding service to our nation. Their bravery and supreme sacrifice motivates every Indian to work towards a strong and prosperous country,” Modi said.
Around 40 CRPF personnel were killed when a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into their bus on February 14 three years ago in Pulwama.
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At 3.00 pm on February 14, 2019, a Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a CRPF convoy at Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The convoy consisted of 78 buses carrying around 2,500 CRPF personnel. The convoy was on its way to Srinagar from Jammu.
The perpetrator was identified as Adil Ahmad Dar, a 22-year old from Kakapora, Pulwama.
Forty CRPF personnel were martyred in the attack and 35 were others were injured. It was the deadliest terror attack on India’s state security personnel in Kashmir since 1989.
