'Wife refuses to clean jacket with blood stains...': Tejasvi Surya shares how Shivamogga family is coping with Pahalgam victim's loss

After the mortal remains of the victims of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack reached their homes, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya shared updates on the bodies and families of the two men from Karnataka who were brutally murdered in the Kashmir valley.

While talking about late Manjunath from Karnataka's Shivamogga, Surya said that his wife Pallavi refuses to clean the jackets that she is wearing, even though the jackets have blood stains on them. "She has blood stains on the jackets she is wearing, and she said that she will not clean them as it is the last memory of her husband," he was quoted by news agency ANI as saying.

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"Bharath Bhushan is survived by a 3-year-old son, who doesn't even comprehend what death means... Son of Manjunath has just completed his 12th and scored 96% in the examination. He told me that it was the first and the last flight that his father had taken with the family," Tejasvi was heard saying.

He added that he himself accompanied the families from Srinagar to Bengaluru and ensured their safe return along with the bodies of the victims. Visuals also emerged from the Bengaluru Airport, after the families of the victims arrived with their mortal remains.

At least 26 people were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on Tuesday afternoon after several terrorists opened fire in the valley. They killed several men after allegedly confirming their religious identities.

It is believed that the mastermind behind the attack was top LeT commander Saifullah Sajid Jutt, who is said to be operating from Islamabad. Sketches and pictures of terrorists who carried out the deadly attack were also released by the security agencies on Wednesday.

Among the deceased were two newly-married men and one person who had flown down from the US to be in India.