The world celebrates Valentine's Day on February 14 but this day is known as a 'black day' for India because of the brutal Pulwama attacks. The Pulwama attack took place in 2019, making tomorrow the fourth anniversary of the terror attacks. Four years ago, on February 14, India was brought to a standstill as the news of 40 CRPF officers losing their lives broke out on our TV screens.
In one of the worst terror strikes, a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide bomber rammed a vehicle full of explosives into a convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). What followed was a scene of the carnage wreaked by the terror attack on the afternoon of February 14, 2019.
The convoy of soldiers had left for Srinagar from Chenani Rama Transit Camp in Jammu. The jawans who left early in the morning had to reach the transit camp at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar before sunset. This journey was about 320 kilometers long and the soldiers were traveling since 3:30 in the morning. The convoy had left from Jammu carrying 2500 jawans in 78 buses. But in Pulwama itself, Jaish terrorists targeted these soldiers. In which many soldiers were martyred. In this convoy of jawans, many jawans had returned to duty after completing their leave. At the same time, due to snowfall, the jawans who were going to go to Srinagar were also riding in the buses of this convoy. Jaish wanted to target all 2500 jawans.
When the bus carrying CRPF jawans was passing through Pulwama's Avantipora, at the same time a car collided with the bus. This car was already parked on the highway. As soon as the bus reached here, there was a loud explosion. The distance of Srinagar from the place where the attack took place was just about 33 kilometers and only an hour was left for the convoy to reach. The explosion was so strong that even the rags of the jawans' bodies were blown away. This attack was considered as a revenge taken by Jaish. Two days before the attack, a Jaish terrorist was killed by the security forces in an encounter in Ratnipora area of Pulwama.
