Intel official on family holiday killed in front of wife, children in Pahalgam attack
An Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer from Hyderabad was shot dead in front of his wife and children in the targeted terror attack that shook Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday.The IB officer, identified as Manish Ranjan, was had come to Kashmir on a family holiday. A native of Bihar, Ranjan had been working in the ministerial section of the IB's Hyderabad office for the past two years. He was on a Leave Travel Concession (LTC) trip with his family when the attack unfolded in the general area of Baisaran in Anantnag district.advertisementFollow live updates on Pahalgam terror attack
Meanwhile, a young Indian Navy officer, Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was recently married on April 19, who had travelled to Kashmir for his honeymoon, also lost his life in the attack. He was posted in Kochi.Joint forces from the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police responded swiftly to the attack. Medical teams were mobilised immediately, and casualty evacuation began under tight security.A coordinated Joint Search Operation was launched in the surrounding forested areas to track down the attackers.Security forces remain on high alert, and investigations are ongoing.The terror attack, one of the worst in Jammu and Kashmir, took place at around 2:30 pm on Tuesday afternoon when a group of terrorists, dressed in fatigues, opened fire on tourists in Pahalgam's Baisaran meadow. So far, at least 26 people are feared dead in the rare terror attack that targeted tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. Two foreign nationals were also killed in the attack, according to the sources.Tune InMust Watch
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