India, May 6 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met family members of navy officer Lt Vinay Narwal, who was among 26 people killed in the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22.

The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha reached Karnal in Haryana at 12.45pm and was with the family for nearly 90 minutes.

Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda, MLA Indu Raj Narwal, Youth Congress president Divyanshu Budhiraja and senior leader Bhupinder Lather were among the party leaders present when Gandhi reached the 26-year-old officer's house to express condolences.

Hooda said Gandhi first paid floral tributes at Narwal's portrait and later spent most of the time with his family in private.

Gandhi did not speak to the media, nor was any state...