Overview

• Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested Mohammad Yousuf Katari, 26, of Kulgam on suspicion of providing logistical support to the gunmen behind the April 22 Pahalgam killings.
• NIA is probing the wider conspiracy around the attack, and police have placed Katari in custody for interrogation under the ongoing case.
• Investigators say chargers recovered at the July Dachigam encounter were traced via Vivo verification and Flipkart records to a local seller who sold a device to Katari, with a Rs 14,500 payment confirmed in bank logs.
• Officials previously identified the three militants killed in Operation Mahadev — Suleiman Shah, Jibran and Hamza Afghani of LeT/TRF — as the perpetrators of the Baisaran Valley massacre that left 26 civilians dead.
• Two Pahalgam residents were arrested in June for allegedly sheltering the attackers, and officials say Katari’s interrogation could reveal routes, safe houses and additional facilitators tied to the network.