Butwal, April 24 -- A Nepali national was among at least 26 people who were killed when militants opened fire on a group of tourists at Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir, India, on Tuesday.

A public health student and aspiring social worker, Sudip, 27, had travelled to Kashmir with his mother, sister and brother-in-law for a short family trip when the tragedy struck.

Originally from Belbhariya in ward 14 of Butwal Sub-metropolitan City, Sudip had been living at Kalikanagar in Butwal for the past four years with his mother Rima and sister Sushma following his parents' separation. Despite studying for a Bachelor of Public Health in Kathmandu, he often traveled back and forth to care for his mother, who lived alone after Sushma's marriage two ...