2 years of Pulwama terror attack: Will not forget, say Rajnath Singh, Shah
New Delhi, Feb 14: Two years since a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) suicide bomber rammed explosive-laden car in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy on the national highway in Pulwama killing 40 troopers.
On the second anniversary of the Pulwama terror attack, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday paid homage to the CRPF personnel who were killed in the incident.
"I pay homage to those brave @crpfindia personnel who sacrificed their lives in 2019 Pulwama terror attack. India will never forget their service to the nation and their supreme sacrifice. We continue to stand with their families, who had to suffer due to this attack," he tweeted.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also paid tributes. "I bow down to the brave martyrs who lost their lives in the gruesome Pulwama attack on this day in 2019. India will never forget their exceptional courage and supreme sacrifice," he tweeted.
At least 40 CRPF jawans were killed in a terror attack on February 14, 2019 at Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. The CRPF men were travelling in a bus, part of a convoy of over a thousand security personnel, when an explosive-laden SUV rammed into the bus and exploded.
Since
the
attack,
the
majority
of
vehicles
used
for
convoy
movements
have
been
upgraded
to
withstand
bullet
and
low
intensity
Improvised
Explosive
Device
(IED)
explosions.
Immediately
after
the
deadly
attack
on
that
fateful
day
that
pushed
India
and
Pakistan
to
the
brink
of
war,
the
CRPF
decided
to
completely
overhaul
its
SOP
(standard
operating
procedure)
for
moving
convoys
on
the
highways.
Instead
of
moving
in
large
convoys,
like
the
one
on
February
14,
2019
with
78
vehicles,
it
was
decided
that
personnel
will
move
in
smaller
contingents
with
a
maximum
of
40
vehicles.