India’s anti-terrorism agency charges LeT founder Hafiz Saeed over Kashmir attack

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel make security checks at the Attari-Wagah border crossing near Amritsar, India, May 2, 2025. India has suspended visa services to Pakistani nationals with immediate effect following the Pahalgam attack in south Kashmir. (Photo: Reuters/File)

SRINAGAR, India, July 6 (Reuters) – India’s anti-terrorism agency said it filed charges on Monday against Hafiz Saeed, ​founder of Pakistan-based Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), over ‌an attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir last year that triggered a conflict with Pakistan.

  • New Delhi had said the perpetrators of the attack, ​which killed 26 men, were Pakistani nationals ​backed by Islamabad, but Pakistan denied involvement and ⁠sought an independent probe.
  • Last July, Indian forces killed three ​militants it said were Pakistanis involved in the attack.
  • India’s ​National Investigation Agency (NIA) in December charged LeT, its offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF), and six individuals over the incident.
  • TRF had initially claimed responsibility ​for the attack before denying it days later.
  • Saeed is ​charged in his individual capacity, and as the chief of both ‌groups, ⁠NIA said on Monday.
  • The charges filed against him include “details of Pakistan’s conspiracy”, Saeed’s role, and supporting evidence collected through scientific investigation and on-ground examination, it said.
  • Pakistan’s ​foreign and interior ​ministries did ⁠not immediately respond to requests for comment.
  • Saeed founded LeT around 1990 and has ​led the group and its successor organisations since. ​He ⁠is also blamed for the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, in which 166 people were killed over three days.
  • He has ⁠been ​in a Pakistani prison since ​being convicted in 2020 on terrorism financing charges.
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