New Delhi, April 22 -- The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, is believed to be behind Tuesday's terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam's Baisaran that has left many casualties.

At least 24 deaths have been reported by AFP news agency said quoting sources, an official figure of casualties is awaited. The deaths could rise, as per reports from Pahalgam - a popular tourist destination in South Kashmir's Anantnag district.

'More than 85,000 domiciles have been issued to non-locals, creating a pathway for demographic change in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. These non-locals arrive posing as tourists, obtain domiciles, and then begin to act as if they own the land," the TRF said in a statement being ...