The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a 1,597-page charge sheet in connection with the April 2025 Pahalgam attack, Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists. The charge sheet was submitted before a special NIA court in Jammu and names seven accused, including the banned Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its proxy organisation, The Resistance Front (TRF). The agency said the attack was planned and supported from Pakistan as part of a larger terror conspiracy against India.
Pakistan Handlers and Terror Groups Named
According to the NIA, LeT and TRF have been charged as organisations for planning, facilitating, and carrying out the attack. The charge sheet states that the assault involved religion-based targeted killings. Pakistani handler Sajid Jatt has been named as an accused. The document also names three Pakistani terrorists Faisal Jatt, Habeeb Tahir, and Hamza Afghani who were involved in the Pahalgam attack and were later killed by security forces during Operation Mahadev in July.
India Files 1597-Page Charge Sheet
Two local residents, Parvaiz Ahmad and Bashir Ahmad Jothatd, have also been charge-sheeted for harbouring the terrorists. During interrogation, they revealed the identities of the attackers and confirmed that they were Pakistani nationals linked to LeT. The NIA said its eight-month investigation used technical and scientific evidence to trace the conspiracy to Pakistan. After the attack, security forces neutralised the terrorists and recovered arms and materials linking them to LeT. India later carried out strikes on terror camps across the border under Operation Sindoor.
