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Deadliest attack on forces in Kashmir kills 44 CRPF personnel

Agencies
February 14, 2019

Pulwama, Feb 14: in the deadliest terror attack on security forces in Kashmir, around 40 CRPF personnel were killed on Thursday when their convoy was targeted in Pulwama district on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. 

The convoy comprised 78 buses in which around 2500 personnel were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar. 

K Vijay Kumar, Advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Governor, told ANI that the death toll in the attack was around 44. 

The convoy was targeted in Ladoora area on the new Expressway, CRPF Director General R P Bhatnagar told news agency.

A bus, in which 42 CRPF personnel were travelling, was extensively damaged in the blast which was followed by firing on the vehicle.

The cause of the blast is being ascertained, Bhatnagar added.

"We suffered damage to the vehicle and men," said a senior CRPF official here.

The injured have been shifted to a hospital, he added but refused to give the casualty figure. 

Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) NP Pani told reporters that it was a terror incident and an investigation is being conducted to ascertain the nature of the explosion.

This is the deadliest attack on security forces in Kashmir.

Earlier in September 2016, an Army camp was stormed by terrorists in Uri, killing 19 soldiers. 

Prior to that 28 BSF personnel were killed in an attack on a convoy of the paramilitary force in 2004.

Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was caused by a suicide bomber, according to a local news agency. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned the attack and asserted that the sacrifices of the brave security personnel will not go in vain. 

He said he spoke to Home Minister Rajnath Singh and top officials regarding the situation in the wake of the attack in Pulwama.

"Attack on CRPF personnel in Pulwama is despicable. strongly condemn this dastardly attack: the Prime Minister tweeted.

"The sacrifices of our brave security personnel shall not go in vain. The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the families of the brave martyrs. May the injured recover quickly," he added in the tweet.

A host of other leaders also condemned the attack.

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AbuShaheer
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Thursday, 14 Feb 2019

Shocked and saddened by the news

 

Let us all condemn the “outrageous attack on jawans” in Kashmir.

 

And then the misleading ads - No corruption, major terror attack under Modi-rule? Current attack is addition to Manipur Ambush, Gurdaspur attack, Pathankot attack, Kokrajhar attack, Uri attack, Amarnath Yatra attack, Nagrota attack and Sukma attack.

 

 

Propaganda in the name of State Security? Veto…

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News Network
January 18,2020

New Delhi, Jan 18: Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal has granted the power of detaining authority to the Delhi Police Commissioner under the National Security Act (NSA), according to a notification. The NSA allows preventive detention of an individual for months if the authorities feel that the individual is a threat to the national security, and law and order, sources said.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 3, read with clause (c) of Section 2 of the National Security Act, 1980, the Lt Governor is pleased to direct that during the period January 19 to April 18, the Delhi Police Commissioner may also exercise the powers of detaining authority under sub-section (2) of the section 3 of the aforesaid Act, the notification stated.

The notification has been issued on January 10 following the approval of the LG.

It comes at a time when the national capital has been witnessing a number of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

However, the Delhi Police said it is a routine order that has been issued in every quarter and has nothing to do with the current situation.

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February 14,2020

Feb 14: India will never forget the martyrdom of the security personnel killed in last year's Pulwama attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday.

He termed the slain security personnel were "exceptional individuals" who devoted their lives to serving and protecting the nation.

On February 14 last year, a convoy of vehicles carrying security personnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethpora in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. Forty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in the attack.

"Tributes to the brave martyrs who lost their lives in the gruesome Pulwama Attack last year. They were exceptional individuals who devoted their lives to serving and protecting our nation. India will never forget their martyrdom," tweets PM Modi one year since the Pulwama attack.

"I pay homage to the martyrs of Pulwama Attack. India will forever be grateful of our bravehearts and their families who made supreme sacrifice for the sovereignty and integrity of our motherland," tweets Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

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