New Delhi : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday paid tribute to the 40 CRPF personnel who made the supreme sacrifice in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack, saying the nation will forever remain indebted to our bravehearts.
"I bow to the valorous martyrs of Pulwama, who laid down their lives for our motherland. Their supreme sacrifice will always be remembered. Nation will forever remain indebted to our bravehearts," Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in a post on 'X'.
https://x.com/AmitShah/status/1757646202105897360?s=20 Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also paid homage to the fallen CRPF personnel who lost their lives in the Pulwama terror attack.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his post on 'X', said, "I pay homage to the brave heroes who were martyred in Pulwama. Their service and sacrifice for our nation will always be remembered," PM Modi said in a post on 'X'. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1757602109132767534 February 14, 2019 marks five years since the Pulwama terror attack, when 40 valiant Indian soldiers were killed after a suicide bomber rammed an IED-laden vehicle into the security convoy carrying them.
Days after the attack, the Indian Air Force carried out multiple aerial strikes on February 26, 2019, at JeM terror camps in Pakistan's Balakot, killing a "large number" of terrorists and destroying their infrastructure. The air strike was launched in the early hours of February 26 and Pakistan's efforts to launch an offensive the next day to target Indian military installations in Jammu and Kashmir were thwarted by an alert IAF.
In the dogfight, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, flying a MiG-21 Bison fighter plane and chasing Pakistani jets, crossed over to PoK, where his aircraft was shot down. He was taken into custody by Pakistan. India also shot down a Pakistani fighter jet.