Butwal, April 24 -- The body of a Nepali national killed in a terrorist attack in India's Jammu and Kashmir was repatriated to Nepal early Thursday.

Sudip Neupane, 27, was among at least 26 people killed when gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, a popular resort town in the Indian-administered region, on Tuesday. The attack has been described as the deadliest targeting civilians in India in nearly two decades.

Neupane's body was transported from Kashmir to Delhi, then via Lucknow, and finally brought into Nepal through the Sunauli border early Thursday morning. Family members and local officials received the body before being taken to his residence at Horizon Chowk in ward 11 of Butwal Sub-metropolitan City.

Relatives...