Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI/JAMMU, Feb 14: Paying tribute to the CRPF personnel martyred in the 2019 attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today tweeted, “Remembering our valorous heroes whom we lost on this day in Pulwama. We will never forget their supreme sacrifice. Their courage motivates us to build a strong and developed India.”
“The nation can never forget their sacrifice. Their valour and indomitable courage will always remain an inspiration in the fight against terrorism,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Twitter.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid homage to the CRPF personnel martyred in the 2019 terror attack and said the entire nation stands firmly with their families.
Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha and Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh also paid tributes to the 40 CRPF jawans, with the Union Territory’s police chief saying that the nation is indebted to the “our brave heart martyrs who served the nation and its citizens till their last breath while making supreme sacrifice of their lives”.
“Tribute to the brave martyrs who lost their lives in the gruesome Pulwama attack in 2019,” Sinha tweeted.
As a mark of respect to the 40 CRPF personnel, Lt General (retired) KJS Dhillon, who was the head of the Army’s strategic Srinagar-based XV Corps, released his book ‘Kitne Ghazi Aaye Kitne Ghazi Gaye’.
In Jammu, CRPF troops held a function at the headquarters of 76 battalion in the Channi area to pay tributes, while school children made colourful sketches to remember the jawans.
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