New Delhi, Feb 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the soldiers martyred in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, on February 14, 2019. Taking to Twitter, the prime minister said, "Remembering our valorous heroes who we lost on this day in Pulwama."

 

"We will never forget their supreme sacrifice. Their courage motivates us to build a strong and developed India," he added.

 

 

 

On this day in 2019, 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel martyred after a suicide bomber drove a car laden with explosives into the security force convoy. The attack was carried out by Pakistani terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, which is led by Masood Azhar based in Bahawalpur.

 

The terrorists targetted a convoy of 78 vehicles, transporting more than 2,500 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel from Jammu to Srinagar. The convoy had left Jammu around 03:30 IST and was carrying a large number of personnel due to the highway having been shut down two days prior. The convoy was scheduled to reach its destination before sunset. The attack was carried out at Lethapora in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.

 

India avenged the Pulwama terror attack by carrying out airstrikes on Jaba Top in Balakot, destroying Jaish's terror training camps. Although the exact number of terrorists killed in the airstrikes is not known, more than 300 religious radicals were spotted at the training camp a day before the strikes based on high-resolution images taken there.