LeT, GoPro, link to a 2024 attack: NIA details Pakistan's role in Pahalgam attack
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detailed Pakistan's involvement in the Pahalgam terror attack that occurred on April 22, 2025. The charge sheet identifies key figures and outlines the planning and execution of the attack, which resulted in the deaths of 25 tourists and a pony operator. Evidence includes communications between the attackers and their handlers in Pakistan, as well as the recovery of phones linked to the assailants.
- ▪The attack was planned by Sajid Saiffullah Jatt, who shared coordinates with the attackers.
- ▪The NIA's charge sheet names seven accused, including three attackers who were killed in a gunfight with security forces.
- ▪Data from phones recovered from the attackers revealed chats and coordinates related to the attack.
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LeT, GoPro, link to a 2024 attack: NIA details Pakistan's role in Pahalgam attackAccording to the charge sheet, Faisal Jatt, believed to be at large in Pakistan, shared the co-ordinates of the meadow with the three attackers on April 15.Updated on: May 22, 2026 5:04 AM ISTBy Neeraj ChauhanShare viaCopy link The Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 last year was planned by The Resistance Front (TRF)/Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT) terrorist Sajid Saiffullah Jatt, aka Langda, who shared the co-ordinates of the Baisaran meadow with the attackers; one of the terrorists involved was also part of a terror strike on the Srinagar-Leh highway in October 2024; and the three terrorists involved sat outside the meadow and had lunch before launching their attack, and indulged in celebratory firing after it.NIA…
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