Pahalgam terror attack: Don't worry, stay strong, techie told wife in last words

BENGALURU: Sujatha, the wife of Bengaluru-based techie Bharath Bhushan who was killed in Tuesday's attack, said her husband tried to comfort her and their three-year-old son before being fatally shot, saying, "'Don't worry, don't worry... stay strong.'" The terrorist did not show mercy despite Bhushan being the father of a child, she said.

Sujatha said she had been near a tent checking out a traditional Kashmiri outfit when one of the terrorists, after gunning down a tourist, walked up and asked: "How is it that you are happy here while our children are being killed and we are suffering? Don't you read the news about us?" He then killed another tourist before pointing the gun at Sujatha's husband and asking his name. "My name is Bharath," Bhushan said, and was shot in the head, thrice, said Sujatha.

"After shooting my husband, the terrorist went away. I rushed to my husband and took his wallet. We had a BSNL postpaid phone, and on a bench were our bags. So I grabbed those and ran," Sujatha narrated. "Being a doctor, I knew he won't survive after he was shot in the head. I kept running and looking back to see if anyone was following us. There were so many bodies. I climbed onto a horse with my son and from thereon CRPF took care of us," she said.

Bhushan's body arrived in Bengaluru on a special flight at around 3.45am on Thursday. He was later cremated with state honours.