US-based techie, IAF official among 26 killed in attack. Who were the victims?

Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS

A US-based Kolkata techie, an excise inspector from Bihar, a realtor from Karnataka, an accountant from Odisha, a Navy officer were among those killed in the terror attack in Kashmir as they were enjoying in the picturesque meadow of Baisaran with their families. Authorities have released the names of all the victims who lost their lives in the devastating terror attack, acknowledging for the first time that 26 were killed in the massacre.

The deceased include people from several states, including Maharashtra (6), West Bengal (2), Uttarakhand (1), Haryana (1), Uttar Pradesh (1), Bihar (1), Punjab (1), Kerala (1), Gujarat (3), Karnataka (3), Odisha (1), Andhra Pradesh (1), Madhya Pradesh (1) and Arunachal Pradesh (1). Additionally, a tourist from Nepal and a local from Pahalgam were also killed in the attack.

The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, has claimed responsibility for the attack. Eyewitnesses said the terrorists checked IDs and executed those identified as non-Muslims, point-blank.

Among the deceased was a Navy officer, Lieutenant Vinay Narwal from Haryana’s Karnal, who got married only four days ago and was on a honeymoon with his wife.

“We were just having bhelpuri… and then he shot my husband. The gunman said my husband was not a Muslim and then shot him,” the officer’s wife said.

A tourist from Odisha’s Balasore, Prashant Satpathy, also died in the attack after he was struck by a bullet. Prashant was on vacation with his wife and their eight-year-old son.

“When we called the toll-free number, they just informed us about the death of my younger brother. I have no information about my younger brother’s wife or my nephew where they are,” Susanta Satpathy, the deceased elder brother, said.

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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA