New Delhi:
With tears of their eyes whereas nonetheless processing the unfathomable sorrow, the households of victims of the Pahalgam terror assault acquired their our bodies on Thursday. Twenty-six folks, principally vacationers, died within the Baisaran meadow massacre in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag – the deadliest within the Valley for the reason that 2019 Pulwama incident – on Tuesday.
Among the many victims have been vacationers from completely different components of the nation and a Nepali nationwide. Their our bodies have been first introduced in coffins to Srinagar, the place Union Residence Minister Amit Shah laid wreaths, and have been then flown to their hometowns.
Airways operated greater than 50 flights from Srinagar to ferry vacationers and our bodies of the victims to their locations, together with 123 accompanying relations.
Tearful Goodbyes
Navy officer Vinay Narwal’s stays have been introduced from Kashmir to the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport in Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, from the place they have been taken to his native place in Haryana’s Karnal. His final rites have been then held with full navy honours.
#WATCH | Haryana | Final rites of Indian Navy Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was killed within the Pahalgam terror assault, being carried out at his native place in Karnal. pic.twitter.com/mRxMmPkXgn
— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2025
The 26-year-old officer received married solely every week in the past and was on his honeymoon when terrorists shot him at point-blank vary in entrance of his spouse, Himanshi.
Hundreds of individuals, together with Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, attended his funeral in Karnal.
The physique of Indian Air Power Corporal Tage Hailyang, a resident of Arunachal Pradesh, was delivered to Guwahati Airport, the place Assam Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah and Guwahati Metropolis Police Commissioner Partha Sarathi Mahanta paid floral tributes to the soldier.
The stays of Neeraj Udhwani, who labored as a chartered accountant in Dubai, have been additionally delivered to his hometown, Rajasthan’s Jaipur. He was within the metropolis for a marriage perform and had gone to Pahalgam along with his spouse, Ayushi.
The stays of Shubham Dwivedi, a 31-year-old businessman from Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, reached Lucknow on Wednesday evening. He received married simply two months in the past and was killed in entrance of his spouse.
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak pays tribute to Shubham Dwivedi from Kanpur and Sudeep from Nepal, killed within the Pahalgam terror assault, as their our bodies are delivered to Lucknow airport.#PahalgamTerroristAttack pic.twitter.com/O8DayaKcO2
— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2025
He had gone to Kashmir on a week-long trip on April 16 along with his spouse, mother and father, sister, brother-in-law, and her sister’s in-laws. His physique has now been despatched to Kanpur in an ambulance and will likely be cremated later within the day.
Mr Dwivedi’s stays have been introduced alongside the Nepalese nationwide, Sudip Neupane, who was additionally killed within the Pahalgam terror assault.
The physique of Sushil Nathaniel, a supervisor on the Life Insurance coverage Company of India (LIC) from Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, was delivered to town from Kashmir on Wednesday evening. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav was amongst those that paid tributes to him on the airport.
#WATCH | Indore | Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav pays final respects to Sushil Nathaniel, who was killed within the #PahalgamTerroristAttack yesterday. pic.twitter.com/FgkrqqMp51
— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2025
Mr Yadav mentioned that his spouse instructed him that terrorists had requested Mr Nathaniel, a Christian, to recite the ‘Kalma’ — a declaration of religion that kinds the core beliefs of Muslims — earlier than capturing him lifeless.
The our bodies of three vacationers from Gujarat additionally reached Ahmedabad and Surat. Shailesh Kalathiya, a resident of Surat, and Yatish Parmar and his son, Smit, from Bhavnagar, have been amongst these killed within the Pahalgam assault.
The stays of Mr Parmar and Smit have been delivered to Ahmedabad airport in a flight from Mumbai, whereas Mr Kalathiya’s physique was delivered to Surat airport in one other flight on Wednesday evening. Mr Kalathiya’s spouse and two kids, who survived the assault, have been additionally delivered to Surat by the identical flight.
At Surat airport, Union Minister CR Paatil and different dignitaries paid floral tributes to Mr Kalathiya.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel is in Bhavnagar to attend the final rites of Mr Parmar and his son.
The stays of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer, Manish Ranjan, reached Ranchi airport on Thursday morning. Jharkhand BJP president Babulal Marandi was among the many leaders and administrative officers who paid homage to Mr Ranjan on the airport.
The physique is now being taken to his native place in Jhalda in West Bengal’s Purulia district by highway.
A piece officer with the IB, he was posted in Hyderabad and had gone to Kashmir on trip along with his household.
Hundreds of individuals in Dombivli in Maharashtra’s Thane attended the final rites of the three cousins – Sanjay Lele (50), Hemant Joshi (45) and Atul Mone (43) – on Wednesday night. Their relations and pals mentioned they have been puzzled to explain their ache and anguish over their deaths.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis additionally attended the funeral.
With a really heavy coronary heart, took Antim Darshan and met the grieving households.
Coronary heart wrenching moments.
ॐ शांति 🙏#PahalgamTerrorAttack #Maharashtra https://t.co/0Uw7evz5VN pic.twitter.com/BUMgJmjlJY— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) April 23, 2025
“Our tears have dried up,” Mr Mone’s sister-in-law mentioned as his stays arrived within the metropolis from Mumbai.
The our bodies of two Pune-based vacationers have been additionally delivered to town by a flight early Thursday morning.
The stays of Santosh Jagdale and Kaustubh Ganbote reached the Pune worldwide airport round 5.30 am, the place Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol was current to obtain them.
Mr Ganbote, his spouse, Sangita and Jagdale, his spouse, Pragati, and their daughter, Asavari, have been holidaying in Kashmir.
The our bodies of Manjunath Rao and Bharath Bhushan have been delivered to Karnataka’s Bengaluru early Thursday. Union Minister V Somanna, together with Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, accompanied their stays.
Mr Rao’s physique has been taken to his hometown, Shivamogga, whereas Mr Bhushan will likely be cremated in Bengaluru.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday evening acquired the stays of the state resident JS Chandramouli.
“Heartbreaking to witness a life so brutally snatched away, leaving a household to face an unimaginable loss. Straight away, every part modified for them,” he posted on X after paying tributes to Mr Chandramouli in Visakhapatnam.
Heartbreaking to witness a life so brutally snatched away, leaving a household to face an unimaginable loss. Straight away, every part modified for them. I paid my heartfelt tributes to Shri JS Chandramouli Garu in Visakhapatnam at present, standing along with his grieving household. The ache of… pic.twitter.com/uY0aTLAlwb
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) April 23, 2025
The stays of one other Andhra Pradesh native, S Madhusudhan, have been flown to Tamil Nadu’s Chennai within the early hours of Thursday. Chiefs of Tamil Nadu BJP and Congress items, Nainar Nagendran and Ok Selvaperunthagai, respectively, and AIADMK’s KP Kandan paid tributes to him.
The physique was later transported to Nellore in Andhra Pradesh by an ambulance. Mr Madhusudan, who was an IT worker from Nellore district, was settled in Bengaluru.