US EditionPahalgam: India Charges Pakistan-Based Militant Groups, Six Others in Kashmir Killings
The National Investigation Agency charged seven accused, including Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba handler Sajid Jatt, alleging a Pakistan-backed conspiracy behind the Pahalgam attack that killed 26.
- On Monday , the National Investigation Agency filed a chargesheet in a special court in Jammu, naming Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and TRF handler Sajid Jatt as a prime accused.
- On 22 April this year, the Pahalgam ambush killed 25 tourists and one local civilian after attackers checked ID cards and opened fire with AK-47s and M4 carbines, lasting 30 to 40 minutes.
- NIA investigators found during an almost eight-month probe that the 1,597-page chargesheet names three Pakistani terrorists killed in Operation Mahadev and includes Pakistani contact numbers, Facebook IDs, photographs, Aadhar cards, and at least 20 exhibits.
- The NIA has charged Lashkar-e-Taiba and The Resistance Front under BNS, 2023, Arms Act, 1959 and UAPA, 1967, with two locals arrested on June 22, 2025, and a Rs 10 lakh reward for Sajid Jatt.
- The Resistance Front initially claimed responsibility for the attack and then retracted it, a fortnight later India launched Operation Sindoor targeting nine terror complexes across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and after 87 hours India and Pakistan reached a bilateral understanding on 10 May to cease firing.
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How NIA’s Pahalgam chargesheet exposes Pakistan’s role in the terror attack
The NIA April 22 Pahalgam terror attack chargesheet names seven accused, including LeT, TRF, Pakistani handler Sajid Jatt, three Pakistani attackers killed in Operation Mahadev, and two local facilitators. Filed in Jammu on Monday (December 15), it invokes BNS, UAPA, Arms Act provisions and charges of waging war against India
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Orissa POSTPahalgam attack case: NIA files chargesheet against 6 people, LeT
Jammu: The NIA on Monday filed a comprehensive chargesheet against six people and two terrorist organisations, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and its shadow outfit TRF, in connection with the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 25 tourists and a local pony operator. The 1,597-page chargesheet, filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) before a special court, details the deep conspiracy traced back to Pakistan, which the pro…
‘Conspiracy traced to Pakistan’—NIA charges 7 in Pahalgam terror attack case, TRF handler 'key accused'
The agency has named TRF, an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba, as the organisation that carried out the attack and charged its Pakistan-based handler Sajid Jatt as a prime accused.
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