New Delhi, April 24 -- A professor from Assam narrowly escaped the terrorists' bullets in Jammu Kashmir's Pahalgam because he was able to recite the Kalima, the sacred Islamic verses. The terror attack on tourists on April 22 claimed 26 lives.

Two days after the brutal terrorist attack, shocking details have emerged about the close call of Assam University professor Debasish Bhattacharjee and his kin.

According to reports, the terrorists were reportedly checking for religious affiliation, singling out non-Muslims and killing them. Debasish Bhattacharjee - who reached Kashmir with his family two days before the attack - was asked by a terrorist to recite the Kalima at gunpoint. His knowledge of reciting the Islamic declaration of faith s...