Coordinates: 33°57′53″N 74°57′52″E

2019 Pulwama attack

On 14 February 2019, a convoy of vehicles carrying security
personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway was
2019 Pulwama attack
attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethpora (near Part of the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
Awantipora) in the Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir,
India. The attack resulted in the death of 40 Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF)[a] personnel and the attacker. The
responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Pakistan-
based Islamist militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed. A Jaish-
e-Mohammed youth terrorist named Adil Ahmad Dar, a
Kashmiri local, was identified as the attacker.[1][2][3]

Contents
Background Location of the attack in Jammu and Kashmir,
Attack India

Investigation Location Lethpora, Pulwama district,

Aftermath Jammu and Kashmir, India
Reactions Coordinates 33°57′53″N 74°57′52″E
India and Pakistan
Date 14 February 2019
International community
15:15 IST (UTC+05:30)
See also
Target Security personnel of the Central
Notes
Reserve Police Force
References
Attack type Suicide attack, car bombing
Bibliography
Deaths 50 (49 CRPF personnel, 1
External links
suicide bomber)
Non-fatal 35
Background injuries
Perpetrators Jaish-e-Mohammed
Starting in 2015, Pakistan-based militants in Kashmir
Assailants Adil Ahmad Dar
increasingly took to high-profile suicide attacks against the
Indian security forces. In July 2015, three gunmen attacked a bus and police station in Gurdaspur. Early in 2016, four
to six gunmen attacked the Pathankot Air Force Station.[4] In February and June 2016, the militants killed nine and
eight security personnel respectively in Pampore. In September 2016, four assailants attacked an Indian Army brigade
headquarters in Uri killing 19 soldiers. On 31 December 2017, the Commando Training Centre at Lethpora was also
attacked by militants killing five security personnel. These attacks took place in the vicinity of the Jammu Srinagar
National Highway.[2]

Attack
On 14 February 2019, a
convoy of 78 vehicles Personnel killed[1][5][6][7][8]
transporting more than 2,500 State Number Names
Central Reserve Police Force
Cst. Pradeep Kumar[9]
(CRPF)[a] personnel from HC Awadhesh Kumar Yadav
Jammu to Srinagar was HC Ram Vakeel Mathur
Cst. Mahesh Kumar Meena
traveling on National Highway
Cst. Vijay Kumar Mourya[10]
44. The convoy had left Cst. Pankaj Kumar Tripathi[11]
Uttar Pradesh 12
Jammu around 3:30 IST and Cst. Ramesh Yadav[12]
was carrying a large number Cst. Shyam Babu
Cst. Kaushal Kumar Rawat
of personnel due to the Cst. Pradeep Singh[13]
highway having been shut Cst. Ajit Kumar Azad[14]
down for two days prior. The Cst. Amit Kumar[15]
convoy was scheduled to reach Cst. Jeet Ram
the destination before Cst. Rohitash Lamba
Rajasthan 5 HC Narayan Lal Gurjar
sunset.[2] HC Hemraj Meena
Cst. Bhagirathi Singh[16]
At Lethpora near Awantipora,
around 15:15 IST,[39] a bus Cst. Kulwinder Singh[17]
Cst. Maninder Singh Attri
carrying security personnel Punjab 4
HC Jaimal Singh
was rammed by a Mahindra Cst. Sukhjinder Singh[18]
Scorpio SUV carrying
Cst. Manoj Kumar Behera[19]
explosives. It caused a blast Odisha 2
HC Prasanna Kumar Sahoo[20]
which killed 40 CRPF
ASI Mohan Lal[21]
personnel of the 76th Uttarkhand 2
Cst. Virendra Singh Rana[22]
Battalion and injured many
others. The injuredwere Bihar Cst. Ratan Kumar Thakur[23]
2
HC Sanjay Kumar Sinha[24]
moved to the army base
hospital in Srinagar.[1] 2
HC Sanjay Bhikamsingh Dixit Rajput[25]
Maharashtra
Cst. Nitin Shivaji Rathod[26]
Pakistan-based militant group
HC Bablu Santra[27]
Jaish-e-Mohammed claimed West Bengal 2
Cst. Sudip Biswas[28]
responsibility for the attack.
Cst. G. Subramanian[29]
They also released a video of Tamil Nadu 2
Cst. C. Sivachandran[30]
the assailant Adil Ahmad Dar
(alias Adil Ahmad Gaadi Assam 1 HC Maneswar Basumatary[31]
Takranewala or
Waqas Karnataka 1 Cst. H. Guru[32]
Commando), a 22-year old
Jammu and Kashmir 1 HC Ahmed Naseer[33]
from Kakapora who had
joined the group a year Himachal Pradesh 1 Cst. Tilak Raj[34]
ago.[40][2][41] Dar's family had Kerala 1 Cst. Vazhakkandiyil (V. V.) Vasantha Kumar[35]
last seen him in March 2018,
Jharkhand 1 HC Vijay Soreng[36]
when he left his house on a
bicycle one day and never Madhya Pradesh 1 Cst. Lal Ashwini Kumar Kachhi[37]
returned.[42] Pakistan denied Total 40
any involvement and Jaish-e-
Mohammed leader, Masood
Azhar, roams free in that country.[43][44]

It is the deadliest terror attack on state security personnel since 1989.[39]

Investigation
The 12-member National Investigation Agency team will probe the attack along with the Jammu and Kashmir
Police.[1][2]

Initial investigations suggested the car was carrying more than 300 kilograms (660 lb) of explosives,[2] including 80
kilograms (180 lb) of RDX, a high explosive,[45] and ammonium nitrate.[46]

Aftermath
State funerals of security personnel killed in the attack were held in their
respective native places.[47][48] The government of Punjab announced ex
gratia compensation of Rs 12 lakh each to the families of the killed
security personnel from the state and a government job to the next of
kin.[7] India revoked Pakistan's most favoured nation status.[1] The
customs duty on all Pakistani goods imported to India were raised to
200%.[49] The government of India plans to provide the Financial Action
Task Force on Money Laundering with a dossier outlining Pakistan's
involvement in the attack.[50]

Protests bandhs and candle light marches were held across

India.[51][52][53] There were violent protests in Jammu resulting in a
Candle light march organised in
curfew being imposed since 14 February. The Indian community in UK
Mehsana, Gujarat
held protests outside the Pakistan High Commission in London.[54] A
delegation of Indian doctors cancelled their visit to Pakistan for the 13th
Association of Anaesthesiologists Congress (SAARC) in Lahore on 7 March.[54]

On 17 February 2019, the administration of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir revoked security provisions for
separatist leaders following the 2019 Pulwama attack.[55]

Following intelligence inputs, in the early morning hours of 18 February 2019, a joint team of 55 Rashtriya Rifles,
CRPF, and Special Operations Group of India killed two terrorists and two terrorist abettors in an anti-terrorism
encounter operation in the ensuing manhunt for the perpetrators in Pulwama. One of them, Abdul Rasheed Ghazi
alias Kamran was identified as a Pakistani national who is considered to be the mastermind of the attack and a
commander of the terrorist group Jaish-e-Muhammed.[56] Another local JeM recruit Hilal Ahmed along with two
sympathizers who housed Ghazi and Ahmed in their homes to evade capture were also shot dead in the encounter.
Four Indian servicemen lost their lives in the gunfight and were martyred, namely Maj. V. S. Dhoundiyal, Hav. Sheo
Ram, Sep. Ajay Kumar, and Sep. Hari Singh.[57][58][59][60]

Following the attack, there were several reports of Kashmiris across India being targeted by mobs seeking revenge.
Two Kashmiri students were beaten in Dehradun. Kashmir police chief Dilbagh Singh said they have "taken up the
issue with the states where the incidents have taken place to ensure that the students are not touched."[61] Former
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah met with Rajnath Singh seeking assistance.[62]
Reactions

India and Pakistan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the attack and expressed solidarity with the victims and their families.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh assured that a strong response will be given to the terror attack.[2] India blamed
Pakistan for the attack.[63] The BBC News has said that the involvement of the Jaish-e-Mohammed in the bombing
"directly links" Pakistan to the attack.[64] It is widely accepted among security analysts that Jaish-e-Mohammed is the
creation of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence,[65] which continues to provide it backing.[66][67] The Indian finance
minister Arun Jaitley has said that India would completely isolate Pakistan in the diplomatic community.[49]

Pakistan denied the allegation of a link to the attack.[68] Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan's Federal Information Minister,
said that Pakistan was taking action against Jaish-e-Muhammad[69] and that Pakistan would be able to assist India in
taking action against terrorist groups.[69] The Nation, a Pakistani newspaper, called the assailant a "freedom fighter"
who eliminated members of an "occupying force".[70][71] Pakistan and India both recalled their ambassadors to each
other for "consultations" in a tit-for-tat move.[72]

Indian broadcaster DSport said it would no longer broadcast Pakistan Super League cricket matches.[73]

International community
The United States said it would work with India in counterterrorism efforts and criticised Pakistan.[74][75][76]
Hungary,[77] Nepal,[78] Russia,[79] Singapore,[80] Sri Lanka,[81][82] the United Arab Emirates,[83] France,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, and the Maldives condemned the attack,[79] as did the United Nations.[84]

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and
referring to both the 2019 Pulwama attack and the 2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing, he stated that Iran and
India would work together to prevent future attacks.[85]

See also
List of terrorist incidents in India
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
India–Pakistan relations
2016 Uri attack

Notes
a. The Central Reserve Police Force is the largest central paramilitary force under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is
used to supplement the local police forces in contingencies and for countering insurgencies. According to
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan of the Observer Research Foundation, it is less trained and armed than the
Army.[38]

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ondemns-terrorist-attack-in-j-asks-countries-to-not-shelter-terrorists/), 'DBPOST. 15 February 2019.

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