In a noble gesture, Indian cricket star Gautam Gambhir will bear full expenses of the children of 25 CRPF personnel martyred in Sukma attack, the Kolkata Knight Riders captain’s media manager confirmed to ANI. Gambhir has been vocal about an array of issues. Earlier, Gambhir had tweeted, Chattisgarh, Kashmir, North East,do v need more alarm bells or r we a deaf state? Life of my countrymen isn’t cheap, someone needs 2 pay 4 it.”
On Monday, in a deadly Maoist ambush against a CRPF team that was helping in building the roads in the Sukma region, 25 jawans were killed and six were left injured. The incident happened only 2 kms from the CRPF camp. The 99-member team of soldiers was significantly outnumbered by the 300 Naxals in the region laced with rocket launchers and AK47s, according to a report.
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Earlier, Gambhir had come out in support of CRPF jawans who were allegedly attacked by stone pelters in Srinagar during elections in the Kashmir valley. Images of a stone pelter hitting a CRPF jawan have emerged soon after the elections, leaving the nation enraged. Both the ace cricketers expressed their anger on social media. “For every slap on my army’s Jawan lay down at least a 100 jihadi lives. Whoever wants Azadi LEAVE NOW! Kashmir is ours. #kashmirbelongs2us,” an angry Gambhir wrote on his twitter handle. “Anti-Indians hav forgotten dat our flag also stands 4: saffron – fire of our anger, white – shroud for jihadis, green – hatred 4 terror,” Gambhir wrote in another tweet, as per a PTI report.
During Uri Attack, Gambhir had stoked a controversy with his tweets. In a series of tweets, he had said, “These 17 martyrs deserv a biopic rather dan any cricketer. No better inspiration dan a young man sacrificing his life 4 his country.” “And these Jawans sacrifice their lives for paltry salaries n not disproportionate money & adulation reserved for us cricketers. Wake up,” Gambhir had tweeted.