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Gautam Gambhir Vows To Sponsor Education of Sukma Martyrs’ Kids

“I saw gut-wrenching pictures of the daughters of two CRPF men killed in the latest attacks,” wrote Gambhir.

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Cricketer Gautam Gambhir has announced that his foundation will “take care of the entire education expenses of the children” of the 25 CRPF personnel who were killed in the Sukma attack earlier this week.

Gambhir’s media manager confirmed the news on 28 April, after the cricketer wrote in his column for Hindustan Times that the Gautam Gambhir Foundation had begun work in this regard.

On Wednesday morning, I picked up newspapers and saw gut-wrenching pictures of the daughters of two CRPF men killed in the latest attacks. One was saluting her martyred father while in the other picture, the howling young woman was being consoled by her relative.
Gautam Gambhir in his HT column
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“The Gautam Gambhir Foundation will take care of the entire education expenses of the children of these martyrs. My team has already started work on this and I shall soon share the progress we have made,” he said.

In the wake of the attack in Sukma on 24 April, said to be the deadliest Maoist attack on CRPF in seven years, Gambhir had tweeted:

25 CRPF men sacrificed lives for the country. Sometimes I wonder if we deserve their sacrifice!!!

The Gautam Gambhir-led Kolkata Knight Riders wore black arm bands during their IPL match against Rising Pune Supergiant on 26 April as a mark of respect to the CRPF martyrs.

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