Pulwama attack anniversary: PM, Prez, Punjab CM pay tribute to slain CRPF personnel

New Delhi, February 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.

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.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 14, 2020

“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,” Modi tweeted.

Several other leaders also paid tributes to the martyrs.

This day, a year ago we all saw one of the most horrific terror attack which took the lives of 40 CRPF soldiers. I salute the valour and sacrifices of our men in uniform. The nation is forever indebted to them. #PulwamaAttack.

— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) February 14, 2020

पुलवामा में आतंकवादी हमले में आज ही के दिन शहीद हुए जवानों को भावपूर्ण श्रद्धांजलि।

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 14, 2020

A grateful nation salutes the supreme sacrifice of our brave soldiers who lost their lives in the dastardly attack by terrorists in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir on this day last year. We remain firm in our resolve to defeat and eliminate terrorism in all its forms & manifestations.

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) February 14, 2020

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.—PTI