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NIA Charges Pakistan’s LeT Commander, 5 Terrorists with Planning & Executing Pahalgam Attack

NIA chargesheet details involvement of three Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists and two locals who aided them in the April 22 attack killing 26 tourists.

  • On Monday , the National Investigation Agency will file a charge sheet in the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists.
  • Officials say the assailants entered India from Pakistan three years ago and NIA investigations found direct involvement of three terrorists linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba.
  • Arrested duo Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar of Batkote and Bashir Ahmad Jothar of Pahalgam, detained in June, are accused of providing food, shelter and logistical support to the attackers.
  • The charge sheet will be presented before a NIA special court in Jammu, and the Indian armed forces carried out precision strikes on May 7 named Operation Sindoor targeting nine sites including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.
  • The assailants were killed in the July 28 encounter called 'Operation Mahadev' after hiding in the Dachigam-Harwan forest belt on the outskirts of Srinagar.
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The NIA chargesheet reveals that Lashkar commander Sajid Jatt was the mastermind of the Pahalgam terror attack. The TRF carried out the attack, which killed 26 people. The agency has described it as a Pakistan-sponsored conspiracy.

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Times of India broke the news in India on Monday, December 15, 2025.
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