Overview
- The NIA’s June 2 chargesheet formally flags a ‘‘Hamas angle’’ in the probe of the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam attack and says further work is needed to establish any link to Pakistan‑backed groups.
- Investigators are testing whether attackers copied Hamas‑style tactics such as religious screening of victims and action‑camera filming as part of a shift in operational methods.
- Forensic work has traced a recovered GoPro to Europe for manufacture, to a China distributor for shipment, to activation in Dongguan, and then to smuggling routes into Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Special NIA Court has issued a Letter Rogatory to Chinese judicial authorities through the UNTOC to trace financial transactions and end‑users tied to the tactical gear used in the attack.
- The on‑ground attackers were killed in Operation Mahadev, and if transnational links are proved the investigation could reshape India’s threat picture by tying local militants to wider networks and changing how security agencies track supplies and financing.