‘Crawled Under Fence, Took Cover In Pit For An Hour’: Mysuru Survivor Recalls Pahalgam Horror
Last Updated:April 27, 2025, 10:12 IST Prasanna Kumar Bhat, who visited Pahalgam with his family, survived the attack along with 35-40 others thanks to quick thinking by his brother, who is an Army officer. Prasanna Kumar Bhat, hailing from Mysuru, recalled his experience after surviving the Pahalgam terror attack. (Photo: X) As terrorists opened fire on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, killing 26 people, a man from Mysuru recalled the barbaric act, having narrowly escaped the attack along with 35-40 others with the help of his brother, a senior officer in the Indian Army. “We survived the horror to tell the story of what can only be described as a monstrous act and paint the heavenly beauty blood-red with hellfire. By the grace of God, luck, and some quick thinking from an Army officer saved not only our lives but the lives of another 35-40 people that day,’ wrote Prasanna Kumar Bhat in a post on X. Bhat, his wife, brother and sister-in-law came to Pahalgam to visit the “Mini Switzerland”. …






