Cabinet Committee meeting on Security to be held on Pulwama attack in Jammu & Kashmir

Guwahati, February 15, 2019:

A Cabinet Committee on Security meeting is expected to be held on Friday that will make its decision on the action to be taken in the terrorist attack at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will to visit Srinagar today.

The Ministry of External Affairs released an official statement accusing Pakistan of the attack on Thursday. It added that the Jaish-e- Mohammad founder Maulana Masood Azhar was given the freedom to target India.

As many as 37 jawans of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy were martyred with a car bomb in Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to express the grief as: "Attack on CRPF personnel in Pulwama is despicable. I strongly condemn this dastardly attack. The sacrifices of our brave security personnel shall not go in vain. The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the families of the brave martyrs. May the injured recover quickly."

On the other hand, the international community like the United States, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Russia, and Bangladesh has condemned for the deadly incident.