Raipur: Risking his own life, a Kashmiri tourist guide saved the lives of children from a group of tourists from Chhattisgarh when terrorists struck in Pahalgam on Tuesday.

Nazakat Ahmad Shah (28) was acting as a guide to a group of 11, four couples and three children, from Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district in Chhattisgarh during their Kashmir trip.

Shah’s own cousin was killed in the attack that claimed the lives of 26 persons, he told PTI over phone on Thursday.

Arvind Agrawal, one of the tourists, posted pictures of him and his daughter with Shah on his social media handle and wrote, “You saved our lives by risking your own, we will never be able to repay the debt of Nazakat Bhai.” As per his Facebook profile, Agrawal is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha- a youth wing of the BJP.

Besides the Agrawals, families of Kuldeep Sthapak, Shivansh Jain and Happy Wadhavan were part of the group.

Shah sells shawls in Chirmiri town of Chhattisgarh in winter, and therefore knew these families.

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