Preliminary investigation showed that the three terrorists gathered the deceased together, segregating them into male and female groups before confirming their identities.

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged in early trade on Wednesday driven by a sharp rally in global markets and foreign fund inflows.

Forty-year-old TCS techie Bitan Adhikary, who worked and lived in Florida, came down to his Kolkata home on April 8 with his wife Sohini and their three-year-old son. They travelled to Kashmir last week and were to return on Thursday.