Pahalgam attack: PM Modi holds meeting in Delhi, Shah meets survivors amid shutdown in Valley

Prime Minister Modi meets with officials to discuss Pahalgam terror attack; world leaders condemn the tragedy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (April 23, 2025) held a meeting with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at the Delhi airport upon his arrival from Saudi Arabia to take stock of the situation following the terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead.

Mr. Modi was briefed by the officials immediately upon his return on Tuesday's terror attack that has sparked outrage across the country and condemnation from world leaders.

Terrorists struck at a prime tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people, mostly tourists, and injuring several others.

The bodies of the 26 victims were were brought to the Government Medical College (GMC) in Srinagar early Wednesday and then taken to the Police Control Room where Home Minister Amit Shah laid wreaths on them.

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Mr. Shah, who reached Srinagar on Tuesday night, assured the survivors of the attack that the perpetrators of the dastardly act would be brought to justice, officials said.

The Jammu and Kashmir government announces ex-gratia of ₹10 lakh each for the families of the deceased, ₹2 lakh for those seriously injured and ₹1 lakh for those with minor injuries.