Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today called up the bereaved families of two Odia jawans who attained martyrdom in Pulwama terrorist attack in Jammu and Kasmir yesterday and expressed his deep condolences.
The CM also instructed the State Finance Minister Shashi Bhusan Behera and Health Minister Pratap Jena to visit the houses of both the martyrs and observed a minute of silence at the State Secretariate.
“I have spoken to the two martyrs’ families from Odisha and offered my deepest condolences. I also very strongly condemn this dastardly act of slaughtering so many jawans,” CM informed the media persons later.
Notably, Prasanna Kumar Sahu of 61 Battalions of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a resident of Shikhar village under Naugaon police limits and Manoj Kumar Behera of Ratanpur in Niali of Cuttack district were killed in yesterday’s attack which is dubbed as worst ever since insurgence hit Jammu and Kashmir in late 80’s.
Kalinga AI