Following the event on Sunday, officials first stated that 10 people had died, but they later changed that number.
They claimed that following the incident, the driver lost control and the vehicle plunged into a gorge in Jammu’s Reasi area.
The Indian army and police have ended the rescue efforts, but they are still searching for the attackers.
According to officials, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a “stock of the situation” and requested that the injured receive the finest medical care possible.
“Everyone responsible for this horrible deed will face consequences shortly,” the chief administrator of the area, Manoj Sinha, stated on Twitter.
Mr. Sinha has declared a payment of one million rupees ($12000; £9400) to the surviving family members of the deceased and fifty thousand rupees to the injured.
The vehicle was shot upon when it was traveling to the base camp of the well-known Hindu shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi.
Although the incident has not yet been attributed to any one party, Mohita Sharma, the head of the district police, told Reuters that suspected militants had “ambushed the bus.”.
