Left Pahalgam few hours before attack: Pune’s Karvenagar resident after horror in Pahalgam

Pune: Karvenagar resident Vijay Parge narrowly escaped the Tuesday's terror attack in Pahalgam, calling his Kashmir tour a horrifying experience since the attack happened just hours after he departed the strike spot. "The Kashmir tour was a horrifying experience. We left Pahalgam in the morning, and a terror attack occurred there a few hours later.

It was just by the grace of god that we escaped safely, as any delay could have put us in harm's way," Parge, the president of Pune Vruttapatra Vikreta Sangh , said on Wednesday. After the attack, Parge was one of 22 tourists stranded in Kashmir. He said security restrictions and sudden travel plan changes complicated situation for many tourists.



Parge, his family members and friends missed their scheduled flights to Delhi and Pune after the attack and had to take an alternative route. They flew from J&K to Jammu, then to Mumbai and finally reached Pune on Wednesday evening. The group faced long car rides and adverse weather, causing concern among family and friends, who were updated through social media.

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