Pulwama attack updates: Modi to hold Cabinet meet as Rajnath Singh, NIA officials to reach J&K
New Delhi, Feb 15: At least 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed after a suicide bomber rammed his SUV, laden with 300 kilograms of explosives, into a CRPF bus on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Kashmir's Pulwama district. Scores were injured in the Kashmir terror attack.
Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) claimed the responsibility for the attack. The suicide bomber was identified as Adil Ahmed Dar, native of Kakapora tehsil in Pulwama district, who officials said joined the terror group in 2018.
PM Modi has called a Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today to discuss the security situation in the state against the backdrop of the attack.
Here are the updates after terrorist attack on CRPF convoy at Pulwama:
Besides PM Modi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will attend the meeting.
The meeting is likely to take place at 9:15 am, according to News18 reports.
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will meet on Friday to discuss security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will be visiting Srinagar to take stock of the situation in the wake of the attack on the convoy in Pulwama.
A 12-member team of the National Investigation Agency or NIA will reach Pulwama today to assist the Jammu and Kashmir Police in forensic evaluation of the spot.
According to reports, the terrorists used an SUV carrying more than 350 kg of explosives.
The JeM has claimed responsibility for the attack that took place about 20 km from Srinagar.
In one of the deadliest terror attacks in JK's three decades of militancy, a suicide bomber from Pakistan-based JeM terror group rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a CRPF bus in Pulwama district, killing at least 39 personnel and leaving many critically wounded.