Pahalgam killings shook our collective conscience, says Indian envoy in Bangladesh

“These killings have shaken our collective conscience," Verma was quoted as saying by ANI.

"But they have only made our resolve stronger to fight the scourge of cross-border terrorism to its end," he said.

"It has made our determination firmer never to allow the perpetrators of these attacks and their backers to ever succeed in their designs," Verma said while attending an event remembering those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack in the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.

High Commissioner Pranay Verma was joined by the Ambassador of Nepal in Bangladesh, Ghanshyam Bhandari, in paying tributes to the victims, reported ANI.

One Nepali citizen was among the 26 people killed in the terror attack that triggered widespread condemnation.

The Indian diaspora members in Bangladesh also participated in the event to mourn the death people, mostly non-Muslim tourists, in the Pahalgam town, marking one of the massive terror attacks reported in Jammu and Kashmir since Pulwama attack in 2019.

Sharing images of the event on X handle, the Bangladesh High Commission wrote: " High Commission of India in Bangladesh held a solemn remembrance ceremony to pay tributes to the memory of those who lost their lives in the brutal terrorist attacks on 22 April 2025 in Pahalgam in Jammu & Kashmir, India. High Commissioner Pranay Verma was joined by Ambassador of Nepal in Bangladesh H.E. Ghanshyam Bhandari in paying tributes to the victims. Members of Indian diaspora and friends of India in Bangladesh participated in large numbers and offered their condolences. "

Pahalgam Attack

Twenty-six people, including 23 Hindu male tourists, were killed by terrorists in Baisaran meadows, a popular destination in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, on April 22.

The terrorists- belonging to The Resistance Front (TRF), which is an offshoot of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)- asked the victims to chant Islamic verses (kalma) and made them pull down their pants to be sure of their their non-Muslim religious identities (read circumcision)  before gunning them down before their families, including wives, children and daughters.