Pahalgam Attack: NIA files 1597-page chargesheet against LeT-TRF, 6 other accused

Jammu, Dec 15: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday chargesheeted seven accused in the Pahalgam terror attack case, including the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)-The Resistance Front (TRF) terrorist organisation.

The chargesheet was filed before the NIA special court in Jammu. According to an NIA spokesperson, the chargesheet, which details Pakistan’s conspiracy, roles of the accused, and supporting evidence in the case, has charged the banned LeT-TRF as a legal entity for its role in planning, facilitating, and executing the Pahalgam attack.

The attack, which involved religion-based targeted killings by the Pakistan-sponsored terrorists, had left 25 tourists and one local civilian dead.

“Pakistani handler terrorist Sajid Jatt is also named as an accused in the 1597-page chargesheet. NIA’s chargesheet further names the three Pakistani terrorists killed by security forces during the action in ‘Operation Mahadev’ at Dachigam, Srinagar, in July 2025, weeks after the deadly terror attack. Three terrorists have been identified as Faisal Jatt alias Suleman Shah, Habeeb Tahir alias Jibran, and Hamza Afghani,” the spokesperson said.

LeT-TRF, as well as the four terrorists, have been charged under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, the Arms Act, 1959, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

The spokesperson said, “In its chargesheet, NIA has also invoked the penal section against the accused for waging war against India.”

NIA, through a meticulous scientific probe spanning the past almost 8 months, had traced the conspiracy in the case RC-02/2025/NIA/JMU to Pakistan, which has been unabatedly sponsoring terrorism against India.

The two accused persons, Parvaiz Ahmad and Bashir Ahmad Jothar, who were arrested by the NIA on June 22, 2025, for harbouring terrorists, have also been chargesheeted.

“During interrogation, the two men had disclosed the identities of the three armed terrorists involved in the attack, and had also confirmed that they were Pakistani nationals affiliated to the proscribed LeT terror outfit. Further investigation in the case is continuing,” an NIA spokesperson said.