Pulwama attack updates: Police in Pulwama appeals locals to leave encounter site
New Delhi, Feb 17: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has called for a nationwide trade bandh or shutdown on Monday (February 18). The bandh has been called to express solidarity with the families of security personnel who were killed in the Pulwama terror attack.
The traders body also said that the Bharat Trade Bandh across the country will be peaceful and only business establishments will remain closed. Essential items and public transport have been kept out of bandh.
Meanwhile, the bodies of the soldiers killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, which were brought to Delhi on Friday evening, have started reaching their respective hometowns.
At least 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed after a suicide bomber rammed his SUV, laden with explosives, into a CRPF bus on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Kashmir's Pulwama district. Scores were injured in the Kashmir terror attack.
Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) claimed the responsibility for the attack. The suicide bomber was identified as Adil Ahmed Dar, native of Kakapora tehsil in Pulwama district, who officials said joined the terror group in 2018.
Pulwama suicide attack: Both IB and police had warned of Jaish led strike
Here are the updates after terrorist attack on CRPF convoy at Pulwama:
#WATCH Police in #Pulwama appeals to locals to leave the site of Pulwama encounter. Four 55 Rashtriya Rifles personnel have lost their lives & one injured and two terrorists neutralised in the ongoing operation. (Visuals deferred by unspecified time) #JammuAndKashmir pic.twitter.com/q2X13OitXX
— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2019
Delhi: Top officials arrive at Home Ministry for a high level meeting. #PulwamaTerroristAttack pic.twitter.com/Rcz3ZWZnNh
— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2019
Odisha: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh observes 1-minute silence during a public rally in Bhadrak, for the CRPF personnel who lost their lives in #PulwamaAttack on February 14. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also present. pic.twitter.com/3DOEcT2pwQ
— ANI (@ANI) February 17, 2019
Ashok Kumar, ADG (Law&Order), Uttarakhand: It is told that girls from the hostel chanted 'Pakistan zindabad'. We don't have any proof regarding this. Police got this info we immediately intervened in the matter and sorted it out. https://t.co/hQhvFE5z3C
— ANI (@ANI) February 17, 2019