Virender Sehwag offers to take care of education of Pulwama terror attack martyrs' children
Virender Sehwag
Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag has offered to take care of the educational expenses of children of all the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel martyred in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama terrorist attack.
A suicide car bomber rammed an explosive-laden Mahindra Scorpio into a bus carrying Indian paramilitary CRPF personnel February 14.
The attack left over 40 people dead and injured dozens.
Sehwag had expressed grief earlier on the incident and wrote a condolence message for the family of the deceased soldiers with a hashtag #SudharJaaoWarnaSudhaarDenge.
His tweet read, "Really pained by the cowardly attack on our CRPF in J&K in which our brave men have been martyred."
"No words are enough to describe the pain. I wish a speedy recovery to those injured," the tweetadded.
Star boxer Vijender Singh, who is employed with Haryana Police, is donating a month's salary.
"I'm donating my one month's salary for the martyrs of #PulwamaTerrorAttack and want everyone to come forward and support the families. It is our moral duty to always standby them and make them feel proud of their sacrifices. Jai Hind," the Olympic medallist said.