India, April 23 -- Grief gripped Aruhi village in south Bihar's Rohtas district on Wednesday after Manish Ranjan, a resident of the village, was killed in Tuesday's terrorist attack near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir.

Posted in Hyderabad as an Intelligence Bureau (IB) section officer, Manish had travelled to Kashmir with his wife Jaya, their 12-year-old son, and 8-year-old daughter, according to close relative Surendra Mishra from Aurangabad.

Manish married Jaya in Ranchi in 2010. He was previously working with the IB in Ranchi before being posted to Hyderabad two years ago.

Manish's father, Mangalesh Kumar Mishra, was a senior teacher based in Jhalda, West Bengal, where the family had settled.

"Eldest of three brothers, Manish, was v...