Pulwama attack The Last Journey

  • | Sunday | 17th February, 2019

JAIPUR: Mortal remains of the five CRPF jawans, who were martyred in Pulwama attack , cremated with full military honours amidst hundreds of grief-stricken supporters, at their native villages.Condolences continued to pour. Rajasthan has one of the highest numbers of personnel in CRPF apart from others states like Punjab, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Coffins wrapped in tricolour were brought to the villages of four soldiers late Friday night by road. Arjun Ram Meghwal also offered condolences to Jeet Ram’s family and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was part of the funeral procession at Dholpur.Till November 2018, 130 CRPF personnel were killed in militant attacks. Mortal remains of Narayana Lal Gurjar were taken to Rajsamand on an IAF chopper Saturday.

JAIPUR: Mortal remains of the five CRPF jawans, who were martyred in Pulwama attack , cremated with full military honours amidst hundreds of grief-stricken supporters, at their native villages.Condolences continued to pour. Thousands of locals poured in to bid farewell to the slain soldiers.Thousands flock to Kota to pay last tributes to CRPF jawan Hemraj MeenaRohitash Lamba from Jaipur, Narayan Lal Gurjar from Rajsamand, Jeet Ram from Bharatpur, Bhagirathi Singh from Dholpur and Hemraj Meena from Kota were among 40 paramilitary personnel who were martyred when a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a CRPF convoy in Pulwama district on Thursday.Jawan Rohitash Lamba’s infant boy at his father’s funeral in ShahpuraWhile Lamba’s two-month-old son gave a hand to the torch that lit the pyre, held by his uncle, Jeetendra Lamba, his wife and family were inconsolable. Coffins wrapped in tricolour were brought to the villages of four soldiers late Friday night by road. Mortal remains of Narayana Lal Gurjar were taken to Rajsamand on an IAF chopper Saturday. Meena was cremated amidst slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, ‘Jab Tak Suraj Chand Rahega, Hemraj Tera Naam Rehga’ and ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ by people assembled in Vinod Kanla village in Kota. People from other districts like Bundi and Jhalawar also poured in to pay their respects.Family members at funeral of Jeet Ram in BharatpurIn Bharatpur's Sundarawali, Jeet Ram's father could not hold back himself after seeing the coffin while his brother Vikram called for revenge. Apart from his brother, other members were told about Jeet Ram’s death on Saturday and were devastated.Villagers at funeral of jawan Bhagirathi Singh in DholpurIn Dholpur, Singh’s wife completely broke down while the other villagers were grief stricken. He was one of the few in the village who had broken away from the trend of dacoity and mining mafia to join paramilitary forces when he turned 21.Out of the five Union Ministers from Rajasthan, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was present at Lamba’s funeral while C R Chaudhary paid homage to Gurjar. Arjun Ram Meghwal also offered condolences to Jeet Ram’s family and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was part of the funeral procession at Dholpur.Till November 2018, 130 CRPF personnel were killed in militant attacks. Rajasthan has one of the highest numbers of personnel in CRPF apart from others states like Punjab, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

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