Jammu, April 29 -- Members of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Monday demanded answers from the Centre for the security and intelligence 'lapses' that led to the Pahalgam attack.

Former judge and independent MLA from Thannamandi Muzaffar Iqbal Khan described the attack as 'darkest chapter in the history of Jammu and Kashmir'.

"We have to see where lapses occurred. Ironically, the home department is not with the J&K government. Where were the security and intel agencies? We need to fix accountability," he said.

He opposed punitive action of demolishing terrorists' houses by the government.

"Were security agencies not aware of the armed terrorists? For the past 8 to 10 years, we have been hearing that terror eco-system has been busted,...