Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said terror groups who perpetrated the Pulwama attack that left 40 CRPF troopers dead, cannot hide and "will be punished" as the security forces have been given a "free hand" to tackle the inevitable.
Paying tributes to two Central Reserve Police Force troopers from Maharashtra and others killed in the deadly attack on Thursday, Modi said the country has "faith and pride" in our soldiers and security forces and their sacrifices will not go in vain.
"Terror organisations who have committed this crime, no matter how much they try to hide, they will be punished. Security forces have been given full freedom," Modi said.
“The martyr CRPF’s sacrifice won’t go in vain, the terrorist groups no matter where they hide, they will be punished," said PM Narendra Modi in Yavatmal.
Security forces have been told decide the fate of terrorists who attacked our jawans in Pulwama, they will not be spared,” he added.
When and how to accomplish this has been left to the security forces, but he appealed to the people of the country to be "patient" and repose confidence in the armed forces, "as the terror perpetrators shall not be spared at any cost", he added.
In the worst-ever terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir since militancy erupted in 1989, a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide bomber on Thursday rammed his SUV packed with explosives into a CRPF bus on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Pulwama district, killing at least 40 troopers on the spot, the toll reached 49 on Friday as several injured succumbed.
The attack has left the security establishment stunned as it created the biggest casualty of security personnel in a single day in peace time.
(With inputs from agencies)
