Chandigarh, February 15,2019: Mixed feeling of grief and anger was on Friday seen among the families and villagers of four CRPF personnel of Punjab who lost their lives in Pulwama terror attack last day.
Jaimal Singh from Kot ise Kha village in Moga, Sukhjinder Singh from Gandiwind village in Tarn Taran, Kulwinder Singh from Rauli village in Anandpur Sahib and Maninder Singh Attri from Arya Nagar village in Gurdsapur died in the attack.
While the locals of these four, express pride in sacrifice these jawans have made for the country, they are also demanding a befitting reply to Pakistan.
Jaimal Singh was the driver of the bus that was blown up by a suicide bomber who rammed his explosive-laden SUV into it on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Awantipora area.
His father, Jaswant Singh, said he was proud of Jaimal for sacrificing his life for the motherland. He said his son had spoken to his wife and five-year-old son on Tuesday night.
In Tarn Taran's Gandiwind village, located near Amritsar, the family of 35-year-old Sukhjinder Singh was inconsolable. Wails of Sukhjinder’s 7 month old son cuts through the somber ambience who has lost his father who recently joined duty after celebrating his son’s first lohri.
Sepoy Kulwinder Singh (26), who hailed from Rauli village Anandpur Sahib district, was engaged and he was to get married in November this year.
Kulwinder's father was a bus driver and his mother a housewife and he had joined the force four years back.
He said that while the family was in grief-stricken and there was anger among villagers, who wanted Pakistan to be taught a lesson.