Pahalgam terror attack: NIA visits Bengaluru victim’s widow

Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the recent terror attack at Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 26, visited the widow of Bharath Bhushan, who was killed by the terrorists.

The NIA investigators spoke with Dr Sujatha, Bhushan’s wife, at their house in Bengaluru’s Mathikere.

Sources said that NIA officers gathered several pieces of information from Sujatha, including the circumstances of their visit, the circumstances of the attack on her husband, whether the terrorists spoke with her and if yes, what her response was and whether she noticed any peculiar scars that could help identify them. She was also shown sketches of the potential suspects, sources said.

The 41-year-old software engineer had travelled with his wife and three-and-a-half-year-old son to Jammu and Kashmir on April 18, just four days after his 41st birthday. The terror attack occurred on April 22.

The NIA is yet to visit and meet the wife and family of Manjunath, a victim of the terror attack from Shivamogga. Local police sources suggested that the investigators from the Central agency will likely visit the widow in the next one or two days.