Pahalgam attack case: NIA court issues non-bailable warrant against Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed

Srinagar: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court issued a non-bailable warrant against Hafiz Saeed, the Pakistan-based chief of the proscribed terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, in connection with a case pertaining to the ongoing probe into the April 2025 Pahalgam attack.

The order was passed by the special judge of the NIA court on July 8, two days after the agency filed a supplementary chargesheet against Saeed in the case.

"Arrest and custodial interrogation of the accused (Saeed) are necessary for a fair, complete and effective investigation. As such non-bailable warrant of arrest is issued against him and is forwarded to the Deputy Inspector General (DIG), NIA Jammu, for execution in accordance with law," said the order.


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Saeed, designated a global terrorist by India and the United States, is considered the mastermind of several attacks in India.

The supplementary chargesheet, filed before the special NIA court in Jammu, charged the 76-year-old Saeed in both his personal capacity and as the chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba as well as its offshoot, The Resistance Front. He has been booked under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

According to the court order, the NIA informed the court that absconding Saeed, a resident of Sargodha in Pakistan's Punjab province, is an accused in the Pahalgam terrorist attack and has been deliberately evading arrest. The agency sought the issuance of an open-dated non-bailable warrant against him to initiate further proceedings in the case-pertaining to the attack in which 26 civilians, mostly tourists, were killed-and take legal action against him.