New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Pulwama terror attack,, pointing to National Security Adviser Ajit Dovals role in the 1999 release of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) head Masood Azhar.

Gandhi tweeted pictures of Doval accompanying the three militants in Kandahar, Afghanistan, who were released following the the hijack of the Indian Airlines Flight 814. 

"PM Modi please tell the families of our 40 CRPF Shaheeds (martyrs), who released their murderer, Masood Azhar? Also tell them that your current NSA was the deal maker, who went to Kandahar to hand the murderer back to Pakistan," the Congress chief said in a tweet.

The JeM has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on February 14 targeting the CRPF convoy.