Pakistan has called for a “neutral” investigation into the killings, saying Islamabad is willing to cooperate and favours peace. Pakistan PM Sharif says “perpetual blame game” between India and his country must come to a halt. Protesters demonstrated outside the Pakistani embassy in Kathmandu to denounce the deadly attack in Pahalgam.

Speaking to The Sunday Express over the phone from his Silchar residence, Bhattacharya said he saw four terrorists gun down men in front of his eyes

An attack on tourists in India's Himalayan territory of Kashmir this week sparked a new crisis between nuclear armed South Asian neighbours India and Pakistan, with New Delhi blaming militants with "cross-border linkages" for the killings.