India, April 24 -- The quiet of the early hours at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport was pierced only by grief as the mortal remains of three Karnataka residents, killed in the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, arrived from Srinagar shortly after midnight. Families stood in anguish, holding back tears as they received the bodies of their loved ones-victims of one of the deadliest civilian attacks in the region in recent times.

Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, who was coordinating with the Union Home Ministry to facilitate the repatriation, was present at the airport. He traveled with the bereaved families from Srinagar to Bengaluru, ensuring their safe return amid the aftermath of the violence.

"Three inn...