SRINAGAR: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Monday paid tribute to personnel, who lost their lives in the 2019 Pulwama attack, at the war memorial in Lethpora.

On the third anniversary of the deadly Lethpora attack that claimed lives of 40 CRPF men, top CRPF officials and personnel paid floral tributes to all slain personnel o February 14, 2022. KL Image by Bilal Bahadur

Speaking to the media, Daljit Singh Choudhary, Additional Director General (ADG), CRPF said, “We remember the 40 CRPF jawans who lost their lives in Pulwama attack in 2019. We aim to maintain peace and harmony in the region.”

The attack on the CRPF convoy took place in Pulwama district on February 14, 2019, in which 40 personnel were killed.

A suicide bomber had rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the bus. The convoy had 78 buses in which around 2,500 personnel were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar.

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