Srinagar, April 23 -- "We had just bought our entry tickets and were about to enter the meadow when we suddenly heard gunfire. Bullets rained down. People screamed and scattered, trying to take cover," Vinay said while lying on a bed at Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag.

"I too started running, but a bullet hit my elbow. I fell down, and some people even ran over me. I lay on the ground for around 10 minutes while everyone around me was screaming," he recounted.

With no direct road access, tourists reach Baisaran by trekking or hiring ponies.

"People were running in all directions, trying to save themselves. Local pony wallahs rushed in and helped tourists despite the firing. They evacuated us from the meadows and took us to a...