India, April 23 -- At least three people from West Bengal, including an Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer, were killed in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on Tuesday, people aware of the developments confirmed.

The three victims have been identified as Samir Guha, Bitan Adhikari and Manish Ranjan. While Guha and Adhikari were residents of Kolkata, Ranjan was an IB officer from Purulia district posted in Hyderabad.

Adhikari, a 40-year-old techie based in Florida, had come to Kolkata on vacation. He went to Kashmir on April 16 with wife Sohini and three-year-old son. They were supposed to return on the night of April 24.

"I even spoke with them on Tuesday morning. But then the horrific news came. He had asked me to join his family on the ...