Pulwama attack: MEA summons Pakistan High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood

New Delhi, Feb 15: India on Friday summoned Pakistan's top envoy Sohail Mahmood and lodged strong protest over the killing of nearly 40 CRPF soldiers in the Pulwama terror attack carried out by Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).

At least 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed after a suicide bomber rammed his SUV, laden with 300 kilograms of explosives, into a CRPF bus on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Kashmir's Pulwama district. Scores were injured in the Kashmir terror attack.

Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale summoned Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood and lodged a strong protest over the killing of the CRPF soldiers, official sources said.

(with PTI inputs)