Overview
- Seven accused are listed, including Lashkar-e-Taiba and The Resistance Front as legal entities, Pakistan-based handler Sajid Jatt, three Pakistani gunmen, and two local collaborators.
- The attackers are identified as Faisal Jatt alias Suleman Shah, Habeeb Tahir alias Jibran, and Hamza Afghani, who were later killed by security forces in July during Operation Mahadev near Srinagar.
- Prosecutors invoked the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Arms Act, and UAPA, along with provisions for waging war against India.
- The April 22 assault at Baisaran meadow killed 26 people and is described by investigators as religion-based targeted killings carried out by Pakistan-sponsored operatives.
- NIA says an eight-month probe traced the plot to Pakistan using forensic, digital and decrypted communications evidence; the chargesheet was filed in the NIA Special Court in Jammu and further investigation continues.