As families remain inconsolable, India sheds tears for martyred CRPF jawans

Families and friends bid a tearful adieu to 25 brave CRPF jawans, killed during Naxal attack in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, on Tuesday.

As bodies of 25 Central Reserve Police Force personnel reached their respective homes in different parts of the country, families and friends wailed inconsolably before performing their last rites on Tuesday. On Monday, 25 brave CRPF jawans died while fighting against Naxals in Sukma, Chhattisgarh.

India will never forget the sacrifices of these brave soldiers, who died fighting against red terror, in country's worst-infected Naxal areas.

We bring you a few heart-wrenching images of mourning families of 25 martyred CRPF jawans....

Salute to my dear hubby!

Wife of CRPF Inspector Raghbir Singh saluting her husband's body during his funeral in village Sathiala, some 50 km from Amritsar in Punjab, on Tuesday.

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I miss you papa!

Daughter of CRPF jawan Sanjay Kumar, who was killed in Naxal attack in Sukma Chhattisgarh, wail near his body during his funeral at his native village Chechain Nagri near Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, on Tuesday.

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Goodbye, friends

CRPF officers pay tributes to slain jawans at Patna airport in Bihar on Tuesday.

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Our friend is a hero

CRPF Jawan Arup Karmakar's mortal remains at Kolkata Airport in West Bengal on Tuesday.

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Widow of a brave soldier

Sunita Devi, wife of CRPF jawan Ranjeet Kumar, killed in Monday's naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, shows his photograph in Sheikhpura, Bihar, on Tuesday.

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Prayers for the brave men

Muslim men offer prayers for the CRPF personnel killed in Chattisgarh's Sukma Naxal attack in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday.

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We’re alone without our brave soldier

Family members and relatives mourn the death of CRPF jawan Ashish Kumar Singh in Garhwa, Jharkhand, on Tuesday.

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