Pulwama attack: Amitabh Bachchan to donate ₹5 lakh to each martyr’s family
Hindustan TimesActor Amitabh Bachchan will be donating ₹5 lakh each to the families of 40 CRPF troppers who died in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In the worst ever terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir since militancy erupted in 1989, a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide bomber on Thursday rammed his vehicle packed with explosives into a Central Reserve Police Force bus on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Pulwama district, killing at least 40 troopers on the spot. His spokesperson confirmed the news, saying: “Yes, Mr Bachchan will be giving ₹5 lakh to each of the martyr’s families and is currently finding out the correct process to do so.” The Piku actor on Friday also cancelled his attendance as a special guest of Virat Kohli’s Foundation event, which will now be held on Saturday. His son and actor Abhishek Bachchan had expressed his shock on the gruesome Pulwama attack on Friday.