Chandigarh, February 15: Wails of a 7-month-old child cuts through the somber ambience at the home of constable Sukhjinder Singh where grieving friends and family members are assembled.
Sukhjinder was among the 42 CRPF jawans killed in an IED attack by militants on Thursday. The grieving Tarn taran village now awaits the body of its son.
Not long back, Sukhjinder was celebrating the festival of Lohri with the family, which was the first for the toddler. The Pulwama terror attack rudely snatching those moments of happiness from them.
Villagers and family members have demanded that the Centre should avenge the deaths and give a befitting reply to the “Pakistan-backed” terrorists.
At least four CRPF troopers from Punjab were killed in the deadly attack on a convoy in Pulwama in neighbouring Jammu and Kashmir.
The four from Punjab include Jaimal Singh of Moga district, Sukhjinder Singh of Tarn Taran, Maninder Singh Attri of Gurdaspur and Kulwinder Singh of Ropar.
A resident of Ghalauti village in Dharamkot subdivision of Moga distirct, Jaimal Singh, 44, was the driver of the fateful bus that was blown up in the attack.
“Our son has been martyred for the country. Though the loss can never be filled, our government and Army should teach a lesson to Pakistan for this cowardly act,” father Jaswant Singh said.
Jaimal Singh leaves behind his parents, wife, a 10-year-old son and a younger brother.
Satpal Attri, father of Maninder Singh Attri, said that his son had gone back to join duty on February 13 only and had called him up after reaching Jammu. “We are proud of him even though our loss can never be filled,” Satpal Attri said. Maninder’s younger brother is also serving in the CRPF and is posted in Assam now.
The other trooper from Punjab to have been killed in the Pulwama attack is Kulwinder Singh from Anandpur Sahib area of Ropar district. He was to get married later this year.
