Not just New Delhi, grief stricken people conducted marches in Thane, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and other places.
Hundreds of people from all walks of life gathered at India Gate and Jantar Mantar on Sunday to hold candle light marches to express solidarity with the families of the CRPF jawans killed in the Pulwama terror attack.
Not just New Delhi, grief stricken people conducted marches in Thane, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and other places.
On Thursday, at least 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were martyred when a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist rammed an explosive-laden truck into a convoy. The Pakistan- backed terror outfit claimed responsibility for the attack.
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In Delhi, students, corporate employees and members of social organisations gathered at the two venues demanding that Pakistan be given a "befitting reply" in the wake of the Pulwama attack.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) also organised a prayer meet in Central Delhi's Connaught Place where people gathered to pay homage to the Pulwama martyrs.
In one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir's three decades of militancy, a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a CRPF bus in Pulwama district on Thursday, killing around 40 personnel and leaving many critically wounded.
(Inputs from agency)
1. CISF members pay tribute to CRPF soldiers
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Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) members pay tribute to CRPF soldiers who lost their lives in Pulwama terror attack, at Connaught Place in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
2. Candle light to offer tributes to the martyred CRPF jawans
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People participate in a candle light vigil to offer tributes to the martyred CRPF jawans of Pulwama terror attack, at India Gate in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
3. Candle march by Bohra community in Thane
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Bohra muslim community members light candles as they pay tribute to CRPF jawans killed in Pulwama terror attack, in Thane. (PTI Photo)
4. Students paint Indian soldiers on a canvas in Kolkata
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Young students paint Indian soldiers on a canvas to pay tribute and to condemn Thursday's Pulwama terror attack, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)
5. People condemn Pulwama attack
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People raise slogans as they hold up Indian tricolour to condemn the Pulwama terror attack, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)
