CRPF commandant unfurls flag in Srinagar, martyred an hour later; mother says 'kaisa Bharat hai' – Watch heart-rending video

Ranchi: Last rites of CRPF commandant Pramod Kumar, who lost his life in Nowhatta terror attack on Monday, was performed in Jharkhand's Jamtara on Tuesday.

The CRPF Commandant was shot dead by terrorists an hour later after he unfurled the tricolour in Srinagar on the occasion of Independence Day.

Gun salutes were paid to the late CRPF commandant during his last rites.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti also paid her respects to the CRPF personnel.

Unable to control her tears and anguish, Kumar's grieving mother said, my son had gone to unfurl the national flag and what happened after that...he was martyred.

Didn't you (terrorists) ever thought how a mother will feel before killing my son.

“Don't know how this country is, my son was snatched sway from me,” the distressed mother said.

Watch video:

WATCH: CRPF Commandant Pramod Kumar unfurled tricolour in Srinagar y'day, was shot dead by terrorists an hour later.https://t.co/HBjfPSaV88 — ANI (@ANI_news) August 16, 2016