Amitabh Bachchan will be donating Rs 5 lakh each to the families of 40 CRPF troopers who died in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
The actor is currently finding out "from several government sources where and how the amount will be distributed to ensure it is expedited".
His spokesperson confirmed the news, saying, "Yes, Mr Bachchan will be giving Rs 5 lakh to each of the martyr's families and is currently finding out the correct process to do so."
Last year, Bachchan had donated Rs 1 crore to families of 44 soldiers who were martyred while protecting their country.
The Piku actor also cancelled his attendance as a special guest of Virat Kohli's Foundation event on Friday, which will now be held on Saturday.
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 (CRPF) bus on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Pulwama district, killing at least 40 troopers on the spot. The dastardly terror attack in Pulwama left the whole nation in mourning.
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