The bodies of 40 soldiers of the CRPF, killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday have been brought to Delhi. Condemning the attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said those behind the terrorist attack in Pulwama will have to pay a "heavy price". "The terrorists...they have made a big mistake. You will have to pay a very heavy price...I assure everyone that the forces behind the attack...we will bring them to justice," PM Modi said in an address in Delhi after chairing a top level security meeting with senior ministers.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited Srinagar on Friday and was seen carrying a coffin of a soldier's body. After the top level security meeting, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government will initiate all possible diplomatic steps to ensure Pakistan's "complete isolation" and had withdrawn the Most Favoured Nation status from the country.
The devastating attack on the convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Home Minister Rajnath Singh left for Srinagar after attending a meeting on Cabinet Committee on Security at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence. Along with Mr Singh, the meeting, chaired by PM Modi, was attended by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
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.
The Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) claimed responsibility for the attack.