'No Hindu-Muslim Discrimination In Kashmir Like Pune, Mumbai': Tourists Speak Out On Heartwarming Support From Kashmiri Locals Amid Pahalgam Attack (VIDEOS)

As much as videos of panic-stricken tourists are going viral from Kashmir, and visuals of tourists returning from Kashmir are making rounds after the deadliest attack in Pahalgam, which killed 26, videos of tourists expressing their gratitude towards Kashmiri locals are also going viral on social media.

In one such video, while talking to a Marathi channel, a woman was seen saying that Kashmir does not have discrimination based on religion (Hindu, Muslim) like Pune and Mumbai. She added that locals are very supportive and are taking care of them. She also mentioned that she would love to visit Kashmir again. She said that they feel safe and are staying in the hotel due to security reasons.

Another tourist from Pune added that she feels bad about the attack but feels safe as locals are taking care of them and making them feel secure.

This is not a singular case; in another viral video, Gujarati women were seen expressing gratitude towards Kashmiri locals, who are supporting them during such times. They even mentioned that locals offered to drop them to Gujarat and refused to take any money. The woman also said that the locals asked if they needed money for anything.

Yesterday, tourists from Sangli were seen expressing gratitude, stating that their driver saved their lives. The common people of Kashmir were very supportive, providing food and shelter amidst the fear. They mentioned that their guide and locals helped them.

NCP leader Rupali Thombre, who was in Nashik, also posted a video of a cab driver named Adil, who rescued a tourist couple from Nashik, fed them at his house, and offered his home for their stay after the attack. Adil broke down on camera, with the tourists consoling him.

Ordeal shared by Pune tourists

Meanwhile, a Pune-based woman, whose husband was killed by terrorists in Pahalgam, on Thursday recounted how she and other women in the group quickly removed bindis from their foreheads and began chanting "Allahu Akbar" when they saw the attackers asking men to recite 'azaan'.

But the frantic attempts to hide their religious identity failed to help as the gun-wielding terrorists did not spare the woman's husband and his friend, who was also from Pune.

Sangita Ganbote, the wife of Kaustubh Ganbote who was among the 26 persons killed by terrorists at Baisaran near Pahalgam on Tuesday, also said that when a local Muslim man confronted the attackers and asked why they were killing innocent people, they stripped him and shot him dead.

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