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As a mark of respect for CRPF personnel killed in Pulwama, no Holi celebrations at Raj Bhavan this year

Srinagar: As a mark of respect towards the CRPF personnel who were killed in the Pulwama bombing, there won’t be any Holi celebrations at Raj Bhavan this year.

A spokesperson said that Governor Satya Pal Malik has decided that there will be no official celebrations related to the Holi festival at Raj Bhavan, as a mark of respect towards the slain CRPF personnel.

“Governor has conveyed that he too would go without the Holi celebrations this year in memory of the martyrs,” he said.

On February 14, 49 CRPF personnel were killed in a suicide attack on their convey in the Lethpora area of Pulwama on the Jammu Srinagar Highway. Jaish-e-Mohammad had claimed the responsibility of the attack.

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