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NIA Intensifies Probe into Pahalgam Terror Attack Linked to Pakistan

The National Investigation Agency has taken over the investigation of the April 22 attack that killed 26 tourists, focusing on digital evidence and eyewitness accounts while tracing links to Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives in Pakistan.

Members of Indian diaspora protest against the Pahalgam terror attack, outside the Pakistan High Commission in London, on April 25, 2025.
The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has handed over the probe into the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, sponsored by Pakistan and carried out by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) through its proxy, The Resistance Front (TRF), to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) following which the agency is “checking the entire area to expose the terror conspiracy”, it said on Sunday. (PTI File)
Security personnel keep vigil near the Dal Lake in Srinagar. (PTI)
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Overview

  • The Ministry of Home Affairs has formally handed over the Pahalgam attack case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is leading an intensified investigation on-site at Baisaran Meadow.
  • Investigators are scrutinizing digital footprints traced to safehouses in Muzaffarabad and Karachi, suggesting a coordinated operation involving Lashkar-e-Taiba and Pakistani agencies.
  • Eyewitness accounts and forensic evidence indicate four to five well-armed attackers, equipped with AK rifles and military-style fatigues, carried out the massacre.
  • J&K Police have released sketches of three suspects, including two Pakistanis and one local, with a ₹20 lakh bounty announced for each.
  • Security forces, including the Army, CRPF, and J&K Police, are conducting extensive manhunts across south Kashmir to apprehend the perpetrators.