Archive · 17 Sep 2026
NIA Court Issues Warrant for Pahalgam Attack Mastermind
A special court in Jammu has issued a warrant for Saifullah Kasuri.
He is accused of helping plan the Pahalgam attack in April 2025.
The attack killed 26 tourists.
Kasuri is described as a commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a terrorist group.
Investigators say he worked from Pakistan and directed people in Jammu and Kashmir.
They also say he supplied weapons, money and instructions.
The NIA found Telegram accounts that it says were connected to him.
Kasuri has not been arrested, and the warrant allows authorities to seek his detention.
A special NIA court in Jammu issued a non-bailable warrant for Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Saifullah Kasuri.
The NIA alleges Kasuri was the mastermind and a key handler behind the April 2025 Pahalgam attack.
The attack killed 26 tourists, including one Nepali national, according to the report.
Investigators say Kasuri supplied arms, funds and operational instructions to terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.
The NIA says Telegram IDs recovered from an arrested Pakistani terrorist linked Kasuri to alleged plans targeting security forces, civilians and government establishments.
- Who
- The NIA and a special court in Jammu issued action against Saifullah Kasuri, whom investigators allege is a Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba commander and Pahalgam attack mastermind.
- What
- The court issued a non-bailable warrant against Kasuri during an investigation into a Lashkar-e-Taiba module.
- When
- The warrant was issued after the April 2025 Pahalgam attack, which the report says killed 26 tourists.
- Where
- The warrant was issued by a special NIA court in Jammu; the alleged operations involved Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir.
- Why
- The NIA alleges Kasuri provided arms, funds and real-time directions, and that digital evidence linked him to instructions targeting security forces, civilians and government establishments.
- Warrant
- Non-bailable warrant issued by a special NIA court in Jammu
- Accused
- Saifullah Kasuri, a Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba commander
- Attack
- The April 2025 Pahalgam attack
- Deaths
- 26 tourists, including one Nepali national, were killed
- Alleged role
- Providing arms, funds and operational directions to terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir
- Digital evidence
- Telegram IDs allegedly linked to Kasuri were recovered from an arrested Pakistani terrorist
- Earlier activity
- The NIA report says Kasuri served as an LeT commander in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district from 2005 to 2007