India, April 23 -- A day after 26 people, mostly tourists, were gunned down by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, the families of the victims have demanded harsh punishment and swift justice for the perpetrators of the dastardly act.

Bhagwan Das, the uncle of Neeraj Udhwani, who perished in the attack, said terrorists should be killed on the spot, irrespective of their religion or caste.

"He died in the terrorist attack. His wife was also there; she is safe. They had gone there for a holiday...We demand from the government that the accused be killed...I say that the terrorist, irrespective of religion or caste, should be killed on the spot," he told ANI.

Rajshree Akul, the sister-in-law of the Pahalgam terror attack victim Atu...