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One Year After Pahalgam Attack, Bengaluru Doctor Rebuilds Life for Her Son

Her account highlights lasting trauma linked to a lack of security at the site.

Overview

  • The anniversary reporting published Tuesday marks one year since the Pahalgam attack that killed Bharath Bhushan in front of his wife, Dr Sujatha, and their four-and-a-half-year-old son.
  • She says the child saw the shooting and has not asked for his father since, a response she meets with plain explanations and steady support from both families.
  • To keep intrusive images at bay, she loads her week with hospital shifts and consultations and sets aside one day for focused time with her son.
  • She recalls no security presence where the shots rang out and argues that even one armed guard could have changed the outcome.
  • In separate interviews, she calls the assailants brainwashed, urges action against radicalisation, avoids unknown calls and social media, and notes April now carries the family’s heaviest grief.