New Delhi: The Pulwama attack on February 14, 2019, is one of the deadliest terror attacks in the history of India. The incident took place when a convoy of vehicles carrying Indian security personnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a suicide bomber who was also traveling on a vehicle. The attack occurred in Pulwama and killed 40 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) along with the perpetrator. On the occasion of the anniversary of the Pulwama attack, we take a look at the bravehearts who lost their lives that day.
As per reports, there were more than 70 vehicles in the convoy of the security forces which were attacked. A Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist named Aadil Ahmad Dar was driving the vehicle. The convoy was carrying more than 2,500 CRPF personnel. Among the CRPF jawans martyred on that day, most casualties were from Uttar Pradesh, at 12. Out of the rest of the martyred CRPF personnel, five were from Rajasthan while four were from Punjab. Also, there were personnel from Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, West Bengal, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir and Bihar among those martyred.
The list of CRPF personnel who were martyred in Pulwama attack
1. Tilak Raj from Himachal Pradesh.
2. Naseer Ahmad from Jammu and Kashmir.
3. Jaimal Singh from Punjab.
4. Vijay Soreng from Jharkhand.
5. Rohitash Lamba from Rajasthan.
6. Vasantha Kumar VV from Kerala.
7. Manoja Kumar Behera from Odisha.
8. Subramaniam G from Tamil Nadu.
9. Narayan Lal Gurjar from Rajasthan.
10. GD Guru H from Karnataka.
11. Hemraj Meena from Rajasthan.
12. Mahesh Kumar from Uttar Pradesh.
13. Sanjay Rajput from Maharashtra.
14. PK Sahoo from Odisha.
15. Pradeep Singh from Uttar Pradesh.
16. Koushal Kumar Rawat from Uttar Pradesh.
17. Shyam Babu from Uttar Pradesh.
18. Ajit Kumar Azad from Uttar Pradesh.
19. Maninder Singh Attri from Punjab.
20. Bablu Santra from West Bengal.
21. Nitin Shivaji Rathod from Maharashtra.
22. Ashvni Kumar Kaochi from Madhya Pradesh.
23. Bhagirath Singh from Rajasthan.
24. Virendra Singh from Uttarakhand.
25. Awadhesh Kumar Yadav from Uttar Pradesh.
26. Sanjay Kumar Sinha from Bihar.
27. Ratan Kumar Thakur from Bihar.
28. Jeet Ram from Rajasthan.
29. Mohan Lal from Uttarakhand.
30. Pradeep Kumar from Uttar Pradesh.
31. Ram Vakeel from Uttar Pradesh.
32. Pankaj Kumar Tripathi from Uttar Pradesh.
33. Sukhjinder Singh from Punjab.
34. Ramesh Yadav from Uttar Pradesh.
35. Kulwinder Singh from Punjab.
36. Vijay Kr. Mourya from Uttar Pradesh.
37. Amit Kumar from Uttar Pradesh.
38. C. Sivachandran from Tamil Nadu.
39. Maneswar Bsumatari from Assam.
40. Sudip Biswas from West Bengal.
The 2019 Pulwama attack, a suicide bombing targeting a CRPF convoy, remains one of India’s deadliest terror attacks. A total of 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives, with casualties predominantly from Uttar Pradesh. knowledge Knowledge News, Photos and Videos on General Knowledge
