Tourists from Maharashtra are also among those who lost their lives in the Pahalgam terror attack. According to the District Information Officer of Thane in Maharashtra, three of the five people killed in the attack are residents of Dombivali area of ​​Thane. The deceased have been identified as Hemant Joshi, Sanjay Lele and Atul Mone. Mone was a senior section engineer in the Indian Railways. Apart from this, Santosh Jagdale and Kaustubh Ganbote of Maharashtra have also been declared dead. Officials of the 24x7 help desk-emergency control room started for tourists at the Srinagar district headquarters after the terror attack also confirmed the death of both. An official said that the woman from Nagpur is reported to have suffered a broken leg bone in the terror attack.

Appeal to arrange special flight for tourists

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has requested Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu to arrange a special flight to evacuate tourists from the state stranded in Jammu and Kashmir. Naidu responded to Shinde's appeal. He assured Shinde that once the list of stranded people is shared with the ministry, efforts will be initiated to bring them to Mumbai on priority basis.

When and where did the terrorist incident happen, what did the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir say

26 people, mostly tourists, were killed in a terrorist attack on Tuesday afternoon at a tourist spot known as 'Mini Switzerland' near Pahalgam town in Jammu and Kashmir. This is the deadliest attack in the valley after the Pulwama attack in 2019. A high-ranking official said that among the 26 dead, two are foreigners and two are local residents. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah described this terrorist attack as 'far bigger than any attack on common people in recent years'. Officials said that this attack has happened at a time when US Vice President JD Vance is on a visit to India. At the same time, the tourism and trekking season is gaining momentum in Jammu and Kashmir.

The family had gone for a holiday, terrorists fired bullets on the father and uncle

After the terrorist incident, officials said that both the deceased were part of a five-member team. It included Jagdale, his wife Pragati, daughter Asavari, Ganbote and Sangeeta Ganbote. These people, who had reached Pahalgam on Tuesday, were attacked by terrorists. Santosh Jagdale's daughter Asavari told that her father and uncle were shot by terrorists.

The terrorists shot the father three times in front of the daughter

Asavari told that there were many tourists at the spot, but the terrorists specifically targeted men. They were asked whether they were Hindus or Muslims. After losing her father in the terrorist attack, distraught Asavari told that the attackers probably asked her father to recite Kalma (Islamic verse). He could not recite it. The terrorists shot him three times in the head, behind the ear and in the back. After the firing started, he somehow escaped with other tourists and saved his life. Later the Indian Army reached the spot and took them to a safe place.