'Family Is Still Grieving': Recalls Kin Of Manjunath Rao On 1-Year Of Pahalgam Terror Attack

A year has gone by since 26 people were killed in Pahalgam terror attack but the kin of victims still remember that dark day.

“The family is still grieving,” Ravi Kiran, family member of Manjunath Rao who was one of the deceased, told CNN-News18. “His son feels father’s killing avenged through Operation Sindoor.”

On April 22, 2026, India marks one year since the Pahalgam terror attack, a strike that shattered the idea of a relative calm in Kashmir’s tourist belt. The attack, which left 26 civilians dead, was not just another addition to the long list of terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, it became a turning point.

One year later, the attack has become the defining trigger for a hard‑edged, multi‑dimensional counter‑terror doctrine in which

India now uses military strikes, internal security crackdowns, diplomatic isolation, and even water‑leveraging tools like the Indus Water Treaty to pressure Pakistan.

Since the 2025 attack, several changes have been introduced including a QR code system for all tourism service providers.

In April 2026, Jammu and Kashmir authorities introduced a QR code-based identification system for all tourism service providers in Pahalgam. This digital initiative aims to enhance tourist safety and rebuild visitor confidence following a security incident in April 2025.

Officials said, “Each service provider is being duly checked by the police, the officials have registered them and they have been provided with a unique QR code in which personal information and other details about that person are recorded.”

He told that tourists can get complete information about the concerned person by scanning the code with their mobile phone.

The system aims to cover approximately 25,000 individuals, with over 7,000 QR codes already issued as of late April 2026.

The move has been lauded by the families of the victims.

“It is a welcome move that all tourist service providers have been given QR codes in Pahalgam,” said Ravi Kiran.