India, April 26 -- Maharashtra's chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday reiterated that Pakistani nationals who overstay after the revocation of their visas will face legal action, a crackdown launched post the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam in which 26 people, mostly tourists, died.

Devendra Fadnavis made the statement at an event in Pune after he met the kin of two of the victims of the Pahalgam terrorist attack. The state has so far identified 5,000 Pakistani nationals, out of which a 1,000 who are here on short-term visas are to be deported, a minister said on Saturday. Follow Pahalgam attack news LIVE updates here

Maharashtra minister Yogesh Kadam said there could be 4,000 long term visas belonging to th...