Days after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a supplementary chargesheet against the Pakistan-based chief of the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hafiz Saeed, in the Pahalgam terror attack case, the Jammu special NIA Court has issued a non-bailable warrant against him.
The order was passed by the Special Judge of the NIA Court in connection with a case pertaining to the ongoing probe into the Pahalgam terror attack.
According to the order passed by the Special Judge, NIA Court, Jammu, the instant application was presented before the court seeking issuance of a non-bailable warrant against absconding accused Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, who is involved in case RC No. 02/2025/NIA/JMU, in which a supplementary chargesheet has already been filed before the court.
The accused, a resident of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan, and a designated terrorist under the UAPA, 1967, is the founder of the proscribed terrorist organisation LeT and is operating from Pakistan.
“Accused is deliberately evading his arrest and NIA prays for issuance of open dated non-bailable warrant against him to initiate further proceedings in the matter and to take legal action against him at any further investigation,” read an order.
The order further stated that arrest and custodial interrogation of the accused are necessary for a fair, complete and effective investigation.
“Accordingly, a non-bailable warrant of arrest is issued against accused Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and is forwarded to DIG, NIA, Jammu, for execution as per the law and procedure prescribed,” it stated.
Saeed, designated a global terrorist by India and the United States, is also considered the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 6, 20206 filed charges against Pakistan-based terrorist and LeT/TRF chief and founder Hafiz Saeed in the dastardly Pahalgam terror attack case.
In its supplementary chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Jammu, the anti-terror agency has charged Hafiz Saeed in his individual capacity and also as the chief of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit and its active proxy organisation The Resistance Front (TRF).
The accused has been charged under various sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, it read.
The 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 deadly attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, 2025 involved religion-based targeted killings by the Pak-sponsored terrorists.
Twenty-five innocents, mostly tourists and one local civilian were killed in the attack. An FIR (no. 25/2025) was initially registered by Police Station Pahalgam, district Anantnag.
After initial investigation by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the case was transferred to NIA by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
