Overview
- India’s anti-terror agency submitted a 1,597-page chargesheet in a Jammu special court on the April 22 attack that killed 25 tourists and one local.
- NIA named Lashkar-e-Taiba and its proxy The Resistance Front, Pakistani handler Sajid Jatt, the three identified gunmen later killed in July, and two local facilitators.
- The agency described the assault as religion-based targeted killings and said the conspiracy was coordinated from Pakistan.
- Charges invoke the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Arms Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, including provisions for waging war against India.
- The filing met the 180-day statutory deadline from the first arrests, with NIA saying forensic and digital analysis continues as the case proceeds to trial.