Overview
- A special NIA court in Jammu issued the fresh non-bailable arrest warrant on September 8 and forwarded it to the DIG, NIA Jammu for execution.
- The agency told the court that its probe tied Saeed to providing weapons, money and operational directions to militants linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba and The Resistance Front.
- The new warrant grew from an investigation sparked by the March 31 arrest of Mohammad Naqeeb Bhat, when police recovered a Chinese-made grenade and 15 live cartridges during a checkpoint search.
- This is the second NBW from the same Jammu court in under two months, following a July warrant that named Saeed in the Pahalgam terror attack probe.
- Pakistan says Saeed is serving prison terms at Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore while Indian agencies allege elements in Pakistan shield him; Saeed is UN-listed and carries a US reward of $10 million, and the NIA probe has already led to multiple arrests including two Pakistani nationals.