Kashmiri tourist guide Nazakat Ahmad Shah, who rescued a group of Chhattisgarh tourists during the Pahalgam terror attack , on Thursday appealed people to visit the Kashmir Valley without fear.

Shah (30) received a warm and emotional welcome on his first visit to Chhattisgarh since the incident.

He was in Pahalgam on April 22 when terrorists opened fire on tourists, killing 26 people, including Raipur resident Dinesh Mirania, and injuring several others.

Shah was hosting a group of 11 tourists — four couples and three children — from the Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district of Chhattisgarh. The group included the families of local BJP youth wing leader Arvind Agrawal, Kuldip Sthapak, Shivansh Jain and Happy Wadhavan.

Shah picked up two children in his arms and ran from the site

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