Pulwama attack: CRPF cautions people against fake pics aimed at spreading hatred

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

The CRPF Sunday cautioned people against "fake pictures" being circulated online of body parts of its 40 soldiers killed in the attack, the deadliest terrorist strike on security forces in Valley in three decades.

"Please DO NOT circulate/share/like such photographs or posts," the force said on its official handle @crpfindia.

It asked people to report any such content by sending an email to

Officials said a number of such photographs of badly mutilated bodies were being circulated and the development was brought to the notice of force officials after which the advisory was issued.

The paramilitary force, that has deployed about 65,000 personnel as part of 61 battalions in Jammu and Kashmir, issued another advisory on bogus messages being circulated on vis-a-vis Kashmiri students based in various places in the country.

"Fake about harassment of students from is being propagated by various miscreants on CRPF helpline has enquired about complaints about harassment and found them incorrect.

"These are attempts to invoke hatred. Please DO NOT circulate such posts," it said in its second post on

Investigators suspect the attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel in on February 14 was executed by a 'lone wolf' Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist by blowing up a 20-kg-strong RDX mix explosive, laden in a car, next to a plying as part of a convoy on the

The impact of the blast was so strong that the bodies of the soldiers were blown to smithereens and flung many feet away from the site of explosion.

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First Published: Sun, February 17 2019. 16:00 IST