NIA team visits Bitan Adhikari's residence

PAHALGAM TERROR ATTACK

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

KOLKATA: A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday visited the family members of Bitan Adhikari, one of the 26 people killed in the Pahalgam terror attack, in Kolkata to record their statements, officials said.

The NIA team spoke to the members of the family of the tourist, who was shot dead in the Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam in Kashmir on April 22, they said. A team of the law enforcement agency with a specific focus on counter-terrorism had on Saturday visited the residence of Samir Guha, another deceased in the Pahalgam terror attack, in Behala area to record statements of his family members.

Three victims — Bitan Adhikari (of Baishnabghata, Kolkata), Samir Guha (Sakher Bazar, Kolkata) and Manish Ranjan (Jhalda, Purulia) — were from Bengal.