NIA chargesheets LeT-TRF, 7 accused in Pahalgam terror attack
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Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a chargesheet in connection with the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack before the designated NIA court in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir.
In a press statement, the NIA said it has chargesheeted seven accused in the case, including the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its affiliate, The Resistance Front (TRF), as a terrorist organisation.
“The chargesheet, detailing Pakistan’s conspiracy, the roles of the accused, and supporting evidence, charges the banned LeT/TRF as a legal entity for planning, facilitating, and executing the Pahalgam terror attack,” the agency said.
The attack, according to the NIA, involved religion-based targeted killings by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists, resulting in the deaths of 25 tourists and one local civilian. Pakistani terrorist handler Sajid Jatt has also been named as an accused in the 1,597-page chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court in Jammu.
The chargesheet additionally names three Pakistani terrorists who were killed by Indian security forces during Operation Mahadev at Dachigam in Srinagar in July 2025, weeks after the Pahalgam attack. These terrorists have been identified as Faisal Jatt a.k.a. Suleman Shah, Habeeb Tahir a.k.a. Jibran, and Hamza Afghani.
The NIA stated that the LeT/TRF and the four aforementioned terrorists have been charged under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, the Arms Act, 1959, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. “The chargesheet also invokes penal provisions relating to waging war against the Government of India,” it added.
The agency said its investigation, spanning nearly eight months, traced the conspiracy behind the case, registered as RC-02/2025/NIA/JMU, to Pakistan, which continues to sponsor terrorism against India.
Two additional accused, Parvaiz Ahmad and Bashir Ahmad Jothatd, who were arrested on June 22, 2025, for harbouring the terrorists involved in the attack, have also been chargesheeted. “During interrogation, they disclosed the identities of the three armed terrorists involved and confirmed they were Pakistani nationals affiliated with the proscribed LeT outfit,” the NIA said.
The investigation in the case is ongoing.
With IANS inputs