NIA names LeT founder Hafiz Saeed as accused in Pahalgam terror attack
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📌 Summary:
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The NIA filed a supplementary chargesheet before the NIA Special Court, Jammu, naming Hafiz Saeed — chief and founder of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) — as an accused in the Pahalgam terror attack case
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The chargesheet also covers LeT's proxy outfit, The Resistance Front (TRF), through which the attack was executed
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26 civilians were killed in the Pahalgam attack of April 22, 2025
🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS3 Internal Security — cross-border terrorism, State-sponsored non-State actors, proxy terror outfits and their legal prosecution
📝 Prelims Facts:
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NIA was created under the NIA Act, 2008 (under Ministry of Home Affairs); it prosecutes cases through designated NIA Special Courts
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The Resistance Front (TRF) is a proxy/front organisation of Lashkar-e-Taiba
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Pahalgam attack: April 22, 2025; 26 civilians killed
🔑 Key Term: The Resistance Front (TRF) — LeT's Kashmir-centric proxy created to give cross-border terrorism an indigenous facade
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