TCS Techie Based In US Was In Kashmir With Wife, Son, Shot Dead In Pahalgam
New Delhi: Forty-year-old TCS techie Bitan Adhikary, who worked and lived in Florida, came down to his Kolkata home on April 8 to spend time with his wife Sohini and their three-year-old son, who had been living in Kolkata for the past two years. They travelled to Kashmir last week and were to return on Thursday. Last afternoon, Bitan was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, along with at least 25 others, in one of the most heinous attacks ever in the Valley. His wife and son are safe and the government is trying to bring them home. West Bengal Chief Minister spoke to Bitan’s wife over the phone and assured her that her government is with her. “My heart goes out to the families of the victims of the devastating terrorist attack on the tourists in Jammu and Kashmir today. One of the victims, Sri Bitan Adhikari, is from West Bengal. I have talked with his wife over phone. Though no words are enough to console her in this hour of …
