The death of CRPF constable Ajit in Pulwama leaves an indelible void

Unnao: Family of CRPF constable Ajit Kumar Azad, who died in the Pulwama terror attack on Thursday are struggling to control tears rolling down their soaked eyes.

The family is in shock and their world seems to have shrunk. Unnao in Uttar Pradesh is not the same after the sudden death of its son. Along with constable Azad, over 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives in the Pulwama's Awantipora after a suicide bomber rammed his car, loaded with 350 kilograms of IED material into a CRPF convoy.

The CRPF convoy of 78 vehicles was coming from Jammu to Srinagar. The convoy carried 2,547 CRPF personnel. The attack happened even as an intelligence input had warned of its possibility 48 hours earlier. The audacious attack, the worst-ever since armed insurgency started in the state in 1989, was carried out by the JeM.

Informed sources said the intelligence input was shared with all security forces in Jammu and Kashmir.The video that was uploaded along with the threat message showed a truck carrying troops in Somalia blown up in a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) blast. In the message, the JeM had warned of a similar type of blast.

A video released by the JeM after the attack identified the suicide bomber as Adil Ahmad Dar alias Waqas Commando, belonging to Kakapora town of Pulwama district. Police sources said the bomber rammed his explosive-laden SUV into the CRPF bus and is believed to have been killed in the explosion. There is, however, no official confirmation about the bomber's death .

(With inputs from ANI)