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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dalvinder45" data-source="post: 226533" data-attributes="member: 26009">Terrorists struck at a prime tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesdayn 22 April 2025  at about 2.30 PM., killing at least 26 persons, mostly tourists, and injuring several others, according to officials.  The deceased included two foreigners -- from the UAE and Nepal -- and two locals, they said.A gethering of about 1000 of tourists. Terrorists dressed like cops targeted non-muslims point blank.<a href="https://m.rediff.com/news/commentary/2025/apr/23/terrorists-targeted-nonmuslims-were-dressed-like-cops/bdc2507ba77a212a79026d4938eaf6fc" target="_blank"><img src="https://im.rediff.com/news/2025/apr/23tourists-killed-attack2.jpg?width=650&height=350&fr=money" alt="image" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>The daughter of a businessman from Pune killed in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam has claimed that terrorists specifically targeted male tourists after asking them to identify their religion. Two businessmen from Maharashtra's Pune, Santosh Jagdale and Kaustubh Ganbote,...Two businessmen from Maharashtra's Pune, Santosh Jagdale and Kaustubh Ganbote, sustained gunshot wounds in the dastardly terrorist attack in Baisaran near  Pahalgam on Tuesday and later succumbed, officials said.  Jagdale was part of a five-member group, which also included his wife Pragati, daughter Asavari, Kaustubh Ganbote and Sangita Ganbote, who travelled to Pahalgam on Tuesday. Asavari, 26, a human resource professional in Pune, told PTI that her father and uncle were shot by terrorists while they were at a stop, called 'mini Switzerland' in Betaab Valley. There were several tourists around, but the terrorists specifically targeted male tourists after asking whether they were Hindu or Muslim, she said.The family was on a vacation at the idyllic spot when they heard firing from "people who wore clothes similar to those of local police" descending from the nearby hill. "We immediately rushed to a nearby tent for protection. So did six to seven others (tourists). We all lay down on the ground as protection against the firing which we then assumed was between the terrorists and security personnel," Asavari said. She said the group of terrorists first came to a nearby tent and opened fire. "Then they came to our tent and asked my father to come out," she said. "They said 'Chaudhari tu bahar aa ja'," Asavari said. The terrorists then blamed them for supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after which they made some statements to deny that Kashmiri militants kill innocent people, women and children, she said. "They then asked my father to recite an Islamic verse (probably the Kalma). When he failed to do so, they pumped three bullets into him, one on the head, one behind the ear and another in the back," she said. "My uncle was next to me. The terrorists fired four to five bullets into him. They shot several other males who were at the spot. There was nobody to help. No police or army, who reached 20 minutes later. Even the locals there were reciting the Islamic verse," she said. Asavari, her mother and another female relative were spared, and locals and security forces evacuated them to Pahalgam Club. "The people who took us to the spot on ponies helped us -- three women, including myself and my mother -- make the return journey.Later we underwent medical examination to check for injuries and were then shifted to Pahalgam Club," she said. "After the firing started, we ran along with other tourists. Later, the Indian Army reached the spot and rescued us, she added. PTI.<a href="https://m.rediff.com/news/commentary/2025/apr/23/igled-nia-team-en-route-to-pahalgam/cc10326dd0def71923835894d5eed221" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://m.rediff.com/news/commentary/2025/apr/23/igled-nia-team-en-route-to-pahalgam/cc10326dd0def71923835894d5eed221" target="_blank"><img src="https://im.rediff.com/news/2025/apr/23tourists-killed-attack7.jpg?width=650&height=350&fr=money" alt="A security personnel stands guard at Pahalgam" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>                                 A security personnel stands guard at PahalgamA team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) led by an inspector general has been sent to terror-hit Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Wednesday. The team is en route to Pahalgam where it would provide assistance to the local police probing Tuesday's dastardly. killing. Local Kashmiris took out processions and denounced  from Masjid the killing shouting  "Do not let let terrorists divide India on religions.<a href="https://m.rediff.com/news/commentary/2025/apr/23/do-not-let-terrorists-divide-india-on-religion/9d49d89f3d77e2fe46e26d57c5f301fb" target="_blank">'</a><a href="https://m.rediff.com/news/commentary/2025/apr/23/do-not-let-terrorists-divide-india-on-religion/9d49d89f3d77e2fe46e26d57c5f301fb" target="_blank"><img src="https://im.rediff.com/news/2025/apr/23pahalgam-terror-attack-protest1.jpg?width=650&height=350&fr=money" alt="A protest against the Pahalgam terror attack" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>                                     A protest against the Pahalgam terror attackCongress MP Shashi Tharoor's important message when it is particularly easy to stir the communal cauldron. He posts on X: While connectivity is still a challenge where we are, the sketchy details we are able to receive on social media speak of outrageous atrocities, targeting specifically...Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Srinagar on Tuesday evening to review the security situation in Kashmir following a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam in which 26 people were killed, officials said.<img src="https://im.rediff.com/news/2025/apr/22amit-shah-security-meeting.jpg?w=670&h=900" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />IMAGE: Union Home Minister Amit Shah being briefed by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, LG Manoj Sinha and other high-level officials on Pahalgam terrorist attack, in Srinagar, April 22, 2025. Photograph: ANI PhotoHours after the attack on tourists, Shah rushed to Srinagar and drove straight to the Raj Bhavan from the airport. Director general of Jammu and Kashmir police Nalin Prabhat briefed the home minister upon his arrival. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Union home secretary Govind Mohan and director of Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka were present at the time of the briefing.After that, Shah chaired a high-level meeting of security officials, including those from the Army, Central Reserve Police Force and the police."Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs a high-level security review meeting in Srinagar in the wake of the terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam," a spokesperson said.Terrorists opened fire at a famed meadow near Kashmir's Pahalgam town on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people, mostly tourists, in what is the deadliest attack in the valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike.The dead included two foreigners and two locals, a high-ranking official said without getting into details.The toll is still being ascertained, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said while describing the terror attack as "much larger than anything we've seen directed at civilians in recent years".Baisaran, about six kilometres from the resort town of Pahalgam, is an expansive meadow ringed by dense pine forests and mountains and a favourite with visitors from across the country and the world.Armed terrorists came into the grassland, dubbed "mini Switzerland", and started firing at tourists milling around eateries, taking pony rides or picnicking, officials and eyewitnesses said.<a href="https://vdo.ai/contact?utm_medium=video&utm_term=rediff.com&utm_source=vdoai_logo" target="_blank">https://vdo.ai/contact?utm_medium=video&utm_term=rediff.com&utm_source=vdoai_logo</a>As news of the attack spread, The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow group of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, claimed responsibility.The officials said it was possible that members of the terror group crossed over from Kishtwar in Jammu and reached Baisaran through Kokernag in south Kashmir.Prime Minister Modi who was visiting Saudi Arabia ut short his tour and returned to India.Meanwhile Pakistan's Defence Minister denied any roe of Pakistan in this.</blockquote>

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