TRS working president K. T. Rama Rao on Sunday visited the CRPF southern regional headquarters here and handed over a cheques for ₹50 lakh to the Inspector General G.H.P. Raju as contribution to the families of CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack.
Mr. Rao told Mr. Raju he was giving ₹25 lakh from his own funds and an equal amount collected fromthree friends. His contribution was not meant as one from the party working president or MLA of Sircilla but as a citizen of the country, he said.
A programme was arranged on the occasion at which a two-minute silence was observed in memory of the jawans. Later, Mr. Rao interacted with CRPF jawans posted at the headquarters.