New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency filed a supplementary chargesheet on Monday naming Pakistan-based terrorist Hafiz Saeed, the head of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit, as a primary conspirator in the deadly Pahalgam terror attack. Submitted before the Special NIA Court in Jammu, the fresh investigative document formally outlines the cross-border logistical pipeline, Saeed’s direct operational role, and forensic evidence gathered through field examinations. The agency has charged Saeed in his individual capacity, as well as in his institutional role as the commander of LeT and its active local proxy arm, The Resistance Front.
The anti-terror agency has invoked severe penal provisions against the Lashkar chief under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, alongside the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The chargesheet explicitly accuses Saeed of hatching a criminal conspiracy from across the border and waging war against the Union of India. According to investigators, the digital and financial trails analyzed by the central agency connect the senior leadership of the Pakistan-based network directly to the execution of the assault on Indian soil.
This legal development follows an extensive 1,597-page foundational chargesheet submitted by federal investigators on December 15, 2025. That initial filing indicted Pakistani handler Sajid Jatt alongside two arrested local operatives and three heavily armed terrorists who were subsequently neutralized by Indian security forces during Operation Mahadev in July 2025. The preliminary document had also indicted the LeT and TRF as distinct corporate legal entities for their institutional roles in planning and funding the targeted assault.
The initial incident occurred on April 22, 2025, when heavily armed militants carried out religion-based targeted executions in the tourist hub of Pahalgam, located in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The high-intensity assault resulted in the deaths of twenty-five domestic tourists and one local civilian driver, prompting widespread national outrage. While local police forces registered the initial First Information Report, the Ministry of Home Affairs quickly transferred the case to the specialized central agency to comprehensively map the international terror grid funding regional instability.
