Terrorists who targeted tourists in Pahalgam asked an LIC manager from Indore, who belonged to the Christian community, to recite the ‘Kalma’ before shooting him dead, his relatives claimed on Wednesday and demanded harshest punishment for the assailants.

Sushil Nathaniel (58), who had gone to Jammu and Kashmir with his wife, daughter and son to celebrate Easter, was among the 26 persons killed in the terror attack in Pahalgam on Tuesday.

The family’s trip to have a joyful festive time together turned into a tragedy and nothing can be more saddening than this, the victim’s relatives said.

Nathaniel was posted as a manager with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur, about 200 km from Indore, as per officials.