After the Pulwama terrorist whole India is shoked and anrgy on this coward attack on CRPF Jawans. While entir nation is in grief, cricket team captain Virat Kohli has decided to postpone the RP-SG Indian Sports Honours which were supposed to take place on Saturday night.
Indian skipper took to Twitter to announce the news on Friday. The tragedy saw at least 37 CRPF jawans being martyred while several others were injured in the tragic terror attack. "The RP-SG Indian Sports Honours has been postponed. At this heavy moment of loss that we all find ourselves in, we would like to cancel this event that was scheduled to take place tomorrow," Kohli tweeted on Friday night.
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The development affects both the entertainment and sports industry as some of the biggest names from the entertainment and sports industry were in line to attend the event. The partners and all the sport-stars and delegates associated with this award have been informed and communicated with stating that hosting an event was unacceptable at this moment when country is mourning the death of its jawans.
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