Exclusive: Arrest Warrants Issued Against LeT Commander And Pahalgam Terror Attack Mastermind

In a big development in the Pahalgam attack case, non-bailable arrest warrants have been issued against proscribed terror outfit LeT commander Saifullah aka Sajid Jat.The NIA, on Monday, had filed a chargesheet

against Saifullah alia Sajid, who is a designated terrorist and fugitive hiding in Pakistan. The anti-terror federal probe agency had termed Pahalgam attack as "waging war against nation".Documents accessed by Times Now have revealed that NIA moved an application in a special court in Jammu giving details of Sajid Jatt role in the Pahalgam terror attack.NIA said in a statement, "Accused Saifullah @ Sajid Jatt @ Ali Bhai @ Habibullah Malik @ Langda @ Noomi @ Numan @ Usman Habib @ Shani S/o Mohd Rafique R/o village Changa Manga District Kasur Pakistan involved in case RC No.02/2025/NIA/JMU on the grounds inter alia mentioned in the application. It is stated in the application that during the course of investigation of the case, it came to light that one accused Saifullah Sajid Jatt @ Ali Bhai S/o Mohd. Rafique R/o Village Changa Manga, District Kasur Pakistan, who is also a designated terrorist notified vide 4th schedule of UAPA 1967 mentioned at serial no. 42, is an active terrorist of proscribed terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Toiba, operating from Pakistan and providing weapons, money and moral support to terrorists active in Kashmir Valley". RC 2/ 2025/JMMU is the NIA FIR in the Pahalgam terror attack case. NIA is probing the case since April.The court in its order said, "A perusal of communication annexure-II reveals that accused is operating in Pakistan and is active terrorist as per notification issued. He joined terrorist LeT outfit in the year 1998 and he was active in Yaripora area of Kulgam District. During this period he developed relationship with a lady namely Shubi and married with her in the year 2005 and gave birth to a son and thereafter, the said terrorist left Kashmir and crossed the border to Pakistan in 2006 leaving behind his newly born son in District Kulgam. One FIR is also pending against the said terrorist at Police Station, Khan Sahib, District Badgam. As such, the allegations against the accused are grievous and he is allegedly involved in terrorism."

What The NIA Chargesheet Said

NIA on Monday chargesheeted seven accused in the Pahalgam terror attack case, including the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) / The Resistance Front (TRF) terrorist organisation.The chargesheet, which details Pakistan's conspiracy, roles of the accused, and supporting evidence in the case, has charged the banned LeT/TRF as a legal entity for its role in planning, facilitating, and executing the Pahalgam attack. The attack, which involved religion-based targeted killings by the Pak-sponsored terrorists, left 25 tourists and one local civilian dead.Pakistani handler terrorist Sajid Jatt is also named as an accused in the 1,597-page chargesheet, filed before the NIA Special Court, Jammu. NIA’s chargesheet further names the three Pakistani terrorists killed by Indian security forces during the action in Operation Mahadev at Dachigam, Srinagar, in July 2025, weeks after the deadly terror attack. The three have been identified as Faisal Jatt @ Suleman Shah, Habeeb Tahir @ Jibran, and Hamza Afghani. LeT/TRF, as well as the four abovementioned terrorists, have been charged under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, the Arms Act, 1959, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. In its chargesheet, NIA has also invoked the penal section against the accused for waging war against India.NIA, through a meticulous scientific probe spanning the past almost 8 months, had traced the conspiracy in the case RC-02/2025/NIA/JMU to Pakistan, which has been unabatedly sponsoring terrorism against India.The two accused persons viz Parvaiz Ahmad and Bashir Ahmad Jothad were arrested by the NIA on 22nd June 2025 for harbouring terrorists have also been chargesheeted. During interrogation, the two men had disclosed the identities of the three armed terrorists involved in the attack, and had also confirmed that they were Pakistani nationals affiliated to proscribed LeT terror outfit. Further investigation in the case is continuing.