“Tragedy in Reasi: Terror Attack Claims 9 Lives, Injures 41 Pilgrims”

Jammu – Authorities identified the nine victims of a deadly terror attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Monday. Among the victims are four natives of Rajasthan, including a two-year-old boy, and three from Uttar Pradesh.

Officials reported that ten people with gunshot wounds are among the 41 pilgrims — mostly from Uttar Pradesh — receiving treatment in three hospitals in Jammu and Reasi districts. Terrorists opened fire at the bus around 6:10 pm on Sunday, killing nine and injuring several others.

The 53-seater bus, traveling from the Shiv Khori temple to Katra, veered off the road after the attack and plunged into a deep gorge near the Teryath village in the Poni area.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Reasi) Vishesh Paul Mahajan stated that all nine victims, including the driver and conductor of the bus, have been identified. Driver Vijay Kumar hailed from Dasanoo Rajbagh village, while conductor Arun Kumar was from Kandera village in Katra, both in Reasi district.

The other victims are Rajinder Prasad Pandey Sawhney, Mamta Sawhney, Pooja Sawhney, and her two-year-old son Titu Sawhney — all from Jaipur in Rajasthan — as well as Shivam Gupta, Ruby, and 14-year-old Anurag Verma from Uttar Pradesh.

Mahajan mentioned that the district administration is arranging to send the bodies to their respective states. He added that 41 people, aged between three and 50, were injured in the attack. Of these, 10 suffered gunshot injuries and are stable after undergoing surgeries. Eighteen are receiving treatment at the Government Medical College in Jammu, 14 at Narayana Hospital, and nine at the district hospital in Reasi. Among the injured, 34 are from Uttar Pradesh, five from Delhi, and two from Rajasthan, officials said.