Jammu, 06 July (H.S.): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed charges against Pakistan-based terrorist and LeT/TRF chief and founder Hafiz Saeed in the dastardly Pahalgam terror attack case.

As per the official handout, in its supplementary chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Jammu, the anti-terror agency has charged Hafiz Saeed in his individual capacity and also as the chief of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit and its active proxy organisation, The Resistance Front (TRF).

The accused has been charged under various sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, it read.

NIA has also invoked the penal section against the accused for waging war against India and hatching a conspiracy from across the border, the chargesheet further read.

The chargesheet, filed in continuation of the original 1,597-page chargesheet, provides details of Pakistan's conspiracy, Hafiz Saeed's role, and supporting evidence collected by NIA in the case through meticulous scientific investigation and on-ground examination.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar