Modi also paid his tributes to two of the CRPF troopers who died in Pulwama on February 14, who hailed from Bihar — Sanjay Kumar Sinha (Patna) and Ratan Kumar Thakur (Bhagalpur). He said they had sacrificed their lives for the country. "I express my sympathies with their families."

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CRPF cautions people against fake pics
The CRPF on Sunday cautioned people against "fake pictures" being circulated online of body parts of its 49 soldiers killed in the Pulwama attack, the deadliest terrorist strike on security forces in the Kashmir Valley in three decades. "It has been noticed that on social media some miscreants are trying to circulate fake pictures of body parts of our martyrs to invoke hatred while we stand united. "Please DO NOT circulate/share/like such photographs or posts," the force said on its official Twitter handle @crpfindia.

Govt withdraws security to separatists
Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina on Sunday welcomed the government's decision to withdraw security cover of six separatist leaders and said he would "like them to be arrested and jailed" outside the state. The security cover of separatist leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Abdul Gani Bhat, Bilal Lone, Hashim Qureshi, Fazal Haq Qureshi and Shabir Shah was withdrawn on Sunday, a decision that comes in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror strike.

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