A group of runners from Rajasthan take part in a run at the Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post in Amritsar on Sunday. A tribune photograph

Neeraj Bagga

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 26

A group of seven runners today concluded their nearly 360-km run at the Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post (JCP) after running in main cities of Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab.An initiative by the Rajasthan Police, the group was led by Inspector Sunil Sharma.He said the objective of the run was to pay regards to martyrs who were sacrificing their lives while guarding frontiers with Pakistan and to create awareness against terrorism among the masses.Sharma said it was named ‘Hunkar Dhod’. He said the run had begun from Amar Jawan Jyoti in Jaipur on February 19 and concluded today at the Attari border.Nearly 360-km distance was covered by Sunil Sharma, Anil Parnami, Manoj Soni, Virnder Soni, Ashwin, Bhanwar Singh and Mohnish.Sunil Sharma said they ran from Jaipurto Delhi.Subsequently, they ran in popular cities like Karnal, Panipat, Ambala, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar.With an aim to spread a message against terrorism among all members of society and pay tributes to marytrs of the Indian forces who were died guarding the borders, it took them eight days to conclude the run.