Jammu Court Issues Non-Bailable Warrant for Hafiz Saeed

A special court in Jammu has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Hafiz Saeed, the Pakistan-based founder of the banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, in connection with a deadly terror attack in Kashmir last year. The warrant, issued on July 8, follows a supplementary charge sheet filed by India's National Investigation Agency that names the 76-year-old as an accused in the Pahalgam attack case.

The court order states that Saeed is deliberately evading arrest and that his custody is necessary for a complete investigation. The warrant has been forwarded to senior NIA officials in Jammu for execution as per law. Saeed has been charged both in his personal capacity and as the chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its proxy front, The Resistance Front, under India's Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

This legal action pertains to the terror attack on April 22, 2025, in the Baisaran area near Pahalgam, a popular tourist destination in south Kashmir. The assault killed 26 people, most of them tourists, making it one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in the region in recent years. The NIA's supplementary charge sheet directly links the attack to the...