It was a complete horror': Survivors grapple with trauma, seethe at govt

Asavari Jagdale, the 26-year-old daughter of Pune interior designer Santosh Jagdale killed in Pahalgam, led her father's funeral procession carrying the fire for the final rites—a task that is usually performed by the male members of the family.

- Faisal Malik, Joydeep Thakur, Vishnu Varma and Naheed Ataulla

PUNE/KOLKATA/KOCHI/BENGALURU: On Friday, But on a sombre day, it was the sight of the blood-stained jeans she wore from the day of the attack—when she cradled her father's bullet-ridden body—that teared up members of the procession.

As they reached home with the bodies of their loved ones, their idyllic holiday cut short by a nightmare, families of the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack are grappling with trauma, grief — and anger. Around the country this anger and grief is now finding expression.