NIA mentioned the three terrorists concerned within the assault have been #Pakistani nationals affiliated to the proscribed terrorist outfit #Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
Soldiers patrol close to #Pahalgam in #Anantnag, south of #Srinagar on 23 April (HT File Photo/Waseem Andrabi)
It, nevertheless, refused to call the three #Pakistani terrorists saying their identities and different particulars shall be shared at an “applicable time”.
The company added that media experiences or social media posts relating to the identifies and sketches of terrorists are “speculative” and “subsequently of deceptive nature”.
Two #Pahalgam residents, Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar and Bashir Ahmad Jothar, who’re accused of harbouring the #Pakistani attackers and offering them with meals, have been remanded in NIA custody for 5 days.
“The NIA has gathered a considerable physique of proof relating to the identities of the terrorists. This contains eyewitness accounts from victims, video footages, technical proof, and the sketches launched by the #Jammu and Kashmir Police. All this proof is being rigorously analysed and NIA has not reached any conclusions at this stage,” mentioned the NIA in a press release on Monday.
“The NIA assures that the investigation is being carried out with the very best requirements of professionalism, and all facets of the phobia assault are being completely examined. The identities and additional particulars of the terrorists shall be made public at an applicable time,” it added.
“It is reiterated that, as acknowledged within the official press launch dated 22 June 2025, two accused individuals have been arrested in reference to the assault. During their interrogation, they’ve disclosed particulars in regards to the identities of the three armed terrorists concerned,” the assertion mentioned.
On Sunday, the company mentioned Parvaiz and Bashir knowingly harboured the three armed terrorists at a seasonal dhok (hut) at Hill Park earlier than the assault. “The two males had supplied meals, shelter and logistical assist to the terrorists who selectively killed the vacationers on the idea of their non secular id,” it mentioned on Sunday.
The anti-terror company additionally mentioned that the three terrorists concerned within the assault have been #Pakistani nationals affiliated to the proscribed terrorist outfit #Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
The Resistance Front, a proxy group for the banned #Lashkar-e-Taiba organisation, had claimed accountability for the assault. Indian businesses say the group is a entrance utilized by #Pakistan to keep away from worldwide sanctions.
As first reported by HT on April 24, intelligence businesses traced the assault’s digital communications to secure homes in #Muzaffarabad and Karachi, establishing #Pakistani involvement in what officers described as much like the management room-operated 2008 Mumbai assaults.
India responded with Operation Sindoor on May 7, bombing 9 terrorist camps throughout #Pakistan and #Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in pre-dawn strikes that killed a minimum of 100 terrorists. The operation sparked 4 days of cross-border preventing involving fighter jets, missiles and artillery.
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