New Delhi, July 6 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a supplementary chargesheet against Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed in connection with the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, accusing him of orchestrating the conspiracy from across the border.

The supplementary chargesheet was submitted before the special NIA court in Jammu. The 76-year-old Saeed has been booked under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. According to the agency, he has been charged both in his personal capacity and as the head of the banned LeT and its proxy outfit, The Resistance Front (TRF).

"NIA has also invoked the penal section against the accused for waging war against India and hatching a conspiracy from across the border in the chargesheet," the agency said in a statement.

The probe agency said the supplementary chargesheet contains details of Pakistan's alleged conspiracy, Saeed's role in the attack and evidence gathered through scientific investigation and extensive ground examination.

Saeed, who is recognised as the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks that claimed 166 lives, is designated a global terrorist by the United Nations Security Council, India and the United States. He co-founded LeT in the late 1980s and later established charity fronts, including Jamaat-ud-Dawa and the Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, which investigators say were used to raise funds and support terror activities.

The latest filing follows the NIA's original 1,597-page chargesheet submitted on December 15 last year. That chargesheet named Pakistani handler Sajid Jatt, three terrorists killed during Operation Mahadev in July 2025, and two arrested accused, Parvaiz Ahmad and Bashir Ahmad Jothar, who allegedly provided logistical support. It also named the banned LeT/TRF as a legal entity.

The April 22, 2025, attack in Pahalgam killed 25 tourists and one local civilian in what the NIA described as religion-based targeted killings. The case, initially registered by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, was later transferred to the NIA by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The agency said its investigation is continuing to uncover the full cross-border conspiracy.

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