CRPF

Constable Ramesh Yadav

Constable

Died

14 Feb 2019

Honours

Police Medal for Gallantry

About

CRPF constable from Tofapur village, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, one of 40 jawans killed in the Pulwama suicide bomb attack on 14 February 2019.

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Constable Ramesh Yadav from Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, was part of the CRPF convoy travelling through Pulwama on 14 February 2019 when a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne IED carrying 350 kg of RDX. The blast killed 40 CRPF personnel in one of the most devastating terrorist strikes on Indian security forces. Ramesh Yadav was among those martyred. He was posthumously awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry.