India, April 24 -- The mortal remains of Manish Ranjan, a section officer with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) posted in Hyderabad, and one of the 26 victims of the Pahalgam terror attack, landed at Ranchi airport on Thursday.

The mortal remains was received by his family members and taken to Jhalda in West Bengal for the last rites, people aware of the development said.

The family of Ranjan, employed with the IB, is settled in Jhalda.

"His father retired as a teacher from a government school in Jhalda. Ranjan was always a bright student. He completed his post-graduation from Ranchi and was also posted here for around six years before he got transferred to Telangana," said Sanjay Gupta, a family friend who was present at the airport to re...