NIA names Hafiz Saeed in supplementary chargesheet on Pahalgam terror attack

Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed. PIC/X/@nabilajamal_

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday named Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed as an accused in its supplementary charge sheet on the Pahalgam terror attack.

In the charge sheet filed before the NIA special court in Jammu, the anti-terror agency charged Pakistan-based Saeed in his individual capacity and also as chief of the banned LeT and its active proxy organisation The Resistance Front (TRF), an NIA statement said. NIA has also charged Saeed with waging war against India and hatching a conspiracy from across the border.

The charge sheet, filed in continuation of the original 1597-page charge sheet, provides details of Pakistan's conspiracy, Saeed's role, and supporting evidence collected by the NIA in the case through meticulous investigation and on-ground examination, according to the statement.

The deadly attack was carried out in Pahalgam on April 22 in which 25 tourists and a local were shot dead. After initial investigations, the case was transferred to the NIA. "NIA continues to probe the case to unravel the complete conspiracy by Pakistan, which has been actively sponsoring terrorism on Indian soil from across the border," the agency said in a statement.

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