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Navy officer on honeymoon, grandfather vacationing with grandkids among 26 killed in Kashmir attack

The gunmen opened fire at a popular tourist spot using automatic weapons. All 26 victims were men, according to a hospital list verified by police.

Vinay Narwal

Lieutenant Vinay Narwal of the Indian Navy, 26, from Haryana, was among those killed in the attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam.

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LIEUTENANT Vinay Narwal of the Indian Navy had been married just six days earlier. He was on his honeymoon in Pahalgam when he was shot in the head by a terrorist while eating bhelpuri with his wife.

Manjunatha, a tourist from Karnataka, was asked if he was Hindu or Muslim before being shot dead.


Ramachanran, a Gulf returnee on holiday with his wife, daughter, and grandkids was shot dead, while his family narrowly escaped.

Manish Ranjan, a Section Officer with the Intelligence Bureau, was visiting Kashmir from Hyderabad.

Atul Moni, an engineer from Mumbai, was recognised by shocked colleagues after his name appeared on news tickers.

These were some of the 26 people were killed in a terrorist attack in India-administered Kashmir's Pahalgam on Tuesday, April 22.

Most of the victims were tourists from different parts of India. Officials said it was the deadliest civilian attack in the Valley since 2000.

The gunmen opened fire at a popular tourist spot using automatic weapons. All 26 victims were men, according to a hospital list verified by police. The victims' bodies were brought to Srinagar in ambulances, and military helicopters searched nearby forested hills for the attackers.

Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, 26, from Haryana, was among those killed. He had arrived in Pahalgam for his honeymoon with his wife, Himanshi Narwal. “We were having bhelpuri when a man came and shot my husband,” Himanshi said in a video. His body was brought to Delhi on Wednesday. ANI reported that Himanshi hugged the coffin, saluted him, and said, “Jai Hind.” She added, “I pray that his soul rests in peace... We will make him proud in every way.”

Another victim, Manjunatha from Karnataka, was shot dead in front of his wife, Pallavi Rao. “When some militants approached, they were wearing military fatigues. They asked my husband if he was a Hindu or Muslim and he replied ‘Hindu’ thinking they were Indian soldiers. They shot him dead,” she told journalists.

Shubham Dwivedi, a 31-year-old businessman from Kanpur, was shot dead in front of his wife just two months after their wedding on February 12. The couple had gone to Kashmir on April 16 for a week-long vacation with nine other family members. On Tuesday, while the rest of the family stayed near their hotel, the newlyweds went horse riding around noon, said Shubham’s uncle, Manoj Dwivedi to PTI, who lives next door in Kanpur in UP.

Sushil Nathaniel, 58, from Indore, was in Jammu and Kashmir with his wife, daughter, and son to celebrate Easter. His cousin Sanjay Kumrawat told PTI, "We have spoken to his wife and son over the phone. They told us that the terrorists asked Sushil's name and forced him to kneel down, then asked him to recite the Kalma (phrase articulating Islamic faith). When Sushil said that he could not recite Kalma, the terrorists shot him."

Ramachandran, 65, a native of Edapally in Kochi, was shot dead in front of his daughter, who had come from Dubai to meet her parents. A travel enthusiast, Ramachandran had gone to Kashmir with his wife, daughter, and grandchildren for a holiday.

Manish Ranjan, an Intelligence Bureau officer from Bihar posted in Hyderabad, was also killed. Official sources confirmed his death to PTI.

Atul Srikant Moni, an engineer at a railway workshop in Mumbai, was also among the victims. His colleagues learned of his death through news reports, PTI said.

Neeraj Udhwani, 33, from Jaipur, was on holiday in Kashmir with his wife when the attack occurred. IANS reported that he was killed in the shooting at Baisaran Valley, while his wife, who stayed back at the hotel, survived.

All victims except one were Indian nationals. One victim, Sudeep Neupane, was from Nepal.

Full list of victims in Pahalgam attack:

  1. Sushil Nathyal, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
  2. Syed Adil Hussain Shah, Pahalgam, Kashmir
  3. Hemant Suhas Joshi, Mumbai
  4. Vinay Narwal, Haryana
  5. Atul Srikant Moni, Maharashtra
  6. Neeraj Udhawani, Uttarakhand
  7. Bitan Adhikari, Kolkata
  8. Sudeep Neupane, Nepal
  9. Shubham Dwivedi, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
  10. Prashant Kumar Satpathi, Malashwar, Odisha
  11. Manish Ranjan, Bihar
  12. N Ramachandra, Kerala
  13. Sanjay Lakshman Lali, Thane, Maharashtra
  14. Dinesh Agarwal, Chandigarh
  15. Sameer Guhar, Kolkata
  16. Dileep Dasali, Mumbai
  17. J Sachandra Moli, Visakhapatnam
  18. Madhusudan Somisetty, Bengaluru
  19. Santosh Jaghda, Pune
  20. Manju Nath Rao, Karnataka
  21. Kastuba Ganvotay, Pune
  22. Bharat Bhushan, Bengaluru
  23. Sumit Parmar, Gujarat
  24. Yatesh Parmar, Gujarat
  25. Tagehalying, Arunachal Pradesh
  26. Shaileshbhai H Himmatbhai Kalathia, Gujarat


Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has pledged that those responsible for the "heinous act" will "be brought to justice". "Their evil agenda will never succeed," Modi said in a statement shortly after the attack. "Our resolve to fight terrorism is unshakable and it will get even stronger."
India's defence minister vowed on Wednesday a swift response to those who carried out and planned the attack. "Those responsible and behind such an act will very soon hear our response, loud and clear," Rajnath Singh said in a speech in New Delhi, a day after gunmen killed 26 men at a tourist hotspot in the contested Himalayan region.
(With inputs from agencies)

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