Published 23:49 IST, February 15th 2019

‘We are not so weak to not avenge the sacrifices of our martyrs’: Geeta, Babita Phogat salute the jawans, condemn Pulwama terror attack

Among the most popular wrestlers of the country, Geeta and Babita Phogat, expressed grief at the death of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers in a dastardly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. Conveying their respects and tribute to the martyrs and condolences to their families, the sister duo said the country isn’t weak to not take revenge for the sacrifices of the martyrs.

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Among most popular wrestlers of country, Geeta and Babita Phogat, expressed grief at death of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers in a dastardly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. Conveying ir respects and tribute to martyrs and condolences to ir families, sister duo said country isn’t weak to t take revenge for sacrifices of martyrs. 

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In a tweet in Hindi, Geeta wrote that she conveys her respects to sacrifices of brave soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. wrestler expressed her deep condolences with families of martyred and ded that she is praying to Almighty for speedy recovery of injured soldiers. 

She also shared an animated im to represent grief that country is experiencing at death of our soldiers and saluted ‘bravehearts’ for ‘supreme sacrifice’ for nation. 

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Sharing a picture of destruction created by dastardly blast, Babita in Hindi tweeted that visuals have horrified her and that she was at a loss of words to express her thoughts. wrestler prayed that Almighty gives peace to souls of martyrs and strength to ir grieving families. She ded that we weren’t so weak to t take revenge for sacrifices of martyrs, and that it was time to teach enemies a lesson. 

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In ar tweet, Babita wrote immediate step for country is to punish traitors. Babita ded only y could have an issue with love for country. Lashing out at betrayers, she wrote that y have sold ir principles and that y were so-called ‘doves’ who went to court to save anti-national forces. 

On Thursday, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion rocked a 70-vehicle convoy of CRPF jawans that was on its way from Jammu to Srinagar. According to Press Trust of India, 40 jawans have been martyred in attack and several ors injured. Terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohamm has claimed responsibility for attack.  

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15:07 IST, February 15th 2019