Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to the 40 Central Reserve Police Pressure personnel who misplaced their lives within the Pulwama terror assault three years in the past.
“Remembering our valorous heroes who we misplaced on at the present time in Pulwama. We’ll always remember their supreme sacrifice. Their braveness motivates us to construct a robust and developed India”, the prime minister tweeted.
On at the present time in 2019, no less than 40 CRPF jawans misplaced their lives after a suicide bomber drove a automotive laden with explosives into the safety pressure convoy. The assault was carried out by Pakistani terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, which is led by Masood Azhar based mostly in Bahawalpur.
India avenged the Pulwama terror assault by finishing up airstrikes on Jaba High in Balakot, destroying Jaish’s terror coaching camps. Though the precise variety of terrorists killed within the airstrikes just isn’t identified, greater than 300 non secular radicals have been noticed on the coaching camp a day earlier than the strikes based mostly on high-resolution photographs taken there.
Even after 4 years, Masood Azhar continues to be free underneath safety by Pakistani deep state. Final yr, the Centre had designated his brother Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir alias Ammar Alvi as a person terrorist underneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act. Alvi is a senior Jaish chief and was concerned within the Pulwama terror assault.
Alvi, 39, has already been chargesheeted alongside along with his brothers Masood Azhar and Abdul Rauf Asghar in August 2020 by the NIA. The company has additionally named their nephew Umar Farooq who was despatched to J&Ok to execute the assault. In keeping with probe officers, Alvi was continuously guiding his nephew on the Pulwama conspiracy over the telephone.