Kashmiri driver helped B'luru woman, her mother, drove them to Srinagar

"WE were all set to leave for Pahalgam when a relative called me and informed us about a terror attack that had occurred there. We could only reach out to our driver, who, within a few hours, ensured our safety by taking us from our hotel in Gulmarg to his residence in Srinagar," Pooja Maney, a dispute officer at an international bank and a tourist from Bengaluru, currently stuck in Srinagar, said.

- RISHITA KHANNA @Bengaluru

Like Pooja, nearly 200 Kannadigas were left stranded in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir, after a terror attack was reported in Pahalgam, a small town in Anantnag district located on the banks of a river, on Tuesday afternoon.

Pooja, who had been planning this trip with her mother for a long time, arrived in Srinagar on April 17 with plans to stay in J&K until April 26. However, on April 22, while they were in Gulmarg and all set to leave their hotel for Pahalgam, a relative called to inform them about the tense situation that had unfolded after the terror attack.

Pooja told TNIE that she was unsure about what to do and immediately called their driver, Imtiaz, for help, with whom the mother and daughter have been staying since Tuesday.