India, April 24 -- Travellers to Kashmir in at least seven tourist buses registered in Maharashtra, carrying 150-200 passengers, were in various parts of Jammu & Kashmir when the Pahalgam attack took place.

Pratik Bhosale, a Pune-based tour operator called First Class Travel, said a group of 35 he had sent to Pahalgam was barely 20 km from their destination when the army turned them away. "We had stopped for food on the highway or else we would have been in Pahalgam when the attack happened," said one group member.

The group has cut its itinerary by five days. "We managed home stay arrangements for the group in Pulwama on Tuesday night," said Bhosale. "We have taken two tempos as buses are being stopped. There are multiple diversions al...