Pahalgam Terror Attack: NIA Chargesheets Hafiz Saeed, Reveals Pakistan Conspiracy
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed another chargesheet in the Pahalgam terror attack case. The agency has named Pakistan based terrorist and banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed, along with the outfit’s proxy group, The Resistance Front (TRF), in connection with the attack.
The chargesheet, filed in continuation of the original 1,597 page chargesheet, provides details of Pakistan’s conspiracy, Hafeez Saeed’s role, and supporting evidence collected by NIA in the case through meticulous scientific investigation and on-ground examination.
In the chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Jammu, the anti-terror agency has charged Hafiz Saeed in his "individual capacity" and also as the chief of the LeT and TRF under various sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
NIA has also invoked the penal section against the accused for waging war against India and hatching a conspiracy from across the border in the chargesheet, says NIA.
In its earlier chargesheet filed on December 15, 2025, the NIA had chargesheeted Pakistani handler terrorist Sajid Jatt as an accused, along with three terrorists killed by security forces during Operation Mahadev in July 2025, as well as two arrested accused. It had also charged the proscribed LeT/TRF terrorist organisation as a legal entity for its role in planning, facilitating, and executing the Pahalgam terror attack.
The terror attack took place in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, 2025. Pakistan-backed terrorists targeted people based on their religion, killing 25 tourists and one local resident. After the initial investigation by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Ministry of Home Affairs handed over the case to the NIA for further investigation.
(With agency inputs)