Constable Awadhesh Kumar Yadav
Constable
Died
14 Feb 2019
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CRPF constable from Bahadurpur village, Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh, one of 40 jawans killed in the Pulwama suicide bomb attack on 14 February 2019 — the deadliest single strike on Indian security forces in three decades of the Kashmir insurgency.
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Constable Awadhesh Kumar Yadav from Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh, was travelling in the CRPF convoy on National Highway 44 near Lethapora, Pulwama, on 14 February 2019. Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber Adil Ahmed Dar drove a vehicle packed with 350 kg of RDX into the convoy, triggering a massive explosion that destroyed Bus 54 and killed 40 CRPF personnel. Awadhesh Kumar Yadav was among those martyred. The Pulwama attack led to India's airstrike on a JeM training camp in Balakot, Pakistan. He was posthumously awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry.