A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Jammu is set to issue summons to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, who has been named as an accused in the Pahalgam terror attack case. The summons will direct Saeed to appear before the special NIA court in Jammu in connection with the trial. The legal communication is expected to be routed through the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), as Saeed is based in Pakistan.&nbsp;The court has already issued a non-bailable warrant against Saeed following his inclusion in the NIA's supplementary chargesheet. The agency has accused him of being a key conspirator behind the April 22, 2025, Pahalgam attack, in which 25 tourists and a local resident were killed.<h2>Trial could proceed in Hafiz Saeed's absence</h2>If Saeed fails to appear despite the completion of the required legal procedures, the court could eventually proceed with a trial in absentia under Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. The provision allows a court, subject to specified safeguards, to conduct proceedings and pronounce judgment against a proclaimed offender who has deliberately absconded to evade the trial and has no immediate prospect of arrest.&nbsp;The law requires several procedural steps before a trial can begin in the accused's absence. These include the issuance of the prescribed warrants and publication of a notice requiring the proclaimed offender to appear before the court. A trial in absentia is not automatic. The court must satisfy the statutory requirements, and the accused must be provided legal representation if proceedings continue without his presence.<h2>Hafiz Saeed named in NIA supplementary chargesheet</h2>The NIA named Saeed in a supplementary chargesheet filed in July 2026. He has been arraigned both in his individual capacity and as the founder and chief of the banned LeT and its active proxy organisation, The Resistance Front (TRF). The agency has invoked provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The charges include allegations of waging war against India and conspiring from Pakistan in connection with the Pahalgam attack.&nbsp;The supplementary chargesheet builds on the NIA's original 1,597-page chargesheet. According to the agency, the latest filing sets out details of the alleged Pakistan-based conspiracy, Saeed's alleged role and evidence gathered during the investigation.&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/gujarat-cm-bhupendra-patel-s-us-visit-opens-new-avenues-for-global-investment-technology-1787399613994">Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel's US visit opens new avenues for global investment, technology</a><h2>What the original Pahalgam chargesheet said</h2>The NIA filed its original chargesheet on December 15, 2025, naming seven accused, including Pakistan-based handler Sajid Jatt and the banned LeT/TRF organisation as a legal entity. The chargesheet also named three Pakistani terrorists, Faisal Jatt alias Suleman Shah, Habeeb Tahir alias Jibran and Hamza Afghani, who were subsequently killed by security forces during Operation Mahadev in July 2025.&nbsp;Two local residents, Parvaiz Ahmad and Bashir Ahmad Jothad, were arrested over allegations that they provided assistance to the terrorists. The accused were charged under provisions of the BNS, the Arms Act and the UAPA. The NIA alleged that the wider conspiracy was directed from Pakistan and included planning, facilitation and logistical support for the attack.&nbsp;According to the agency, the attackers targeted tourists on the basis of their religious identity, allegedly seeking to create communal tensions and harm Kashmir's tourism industry. The attack took place at Baisaran near Pahalgam on April 22, 2025. Twenty-five tourists and one local resident were killed. The case was initially registered by Pahalgam Police before the Union Home Ministry transferred the investigation to the NIA.<h2>NIA investigates local support network</h2>The investigation has also examined the alleged network of local individuals who provided shelter, movement and logistical assistance to the foreign terrorists. According to the NIA's case, the attack allegedly followed an operational model involving Pakistan-based handlers, infiltrated terrorists and local support on the ground.&nbsp;The agency has described TRF as a proxy organisation of LeT and alleged that the group was used to obscure the involvement of its Pakistan-based parent organisation. The killing of the three Pakistani terrorists during Operation Mahadev provided investigators with further leads, while the wider probe has focused on identifying the alleged planners, facilitators and supporters behind the attack.&nbsp;With Hafiz Saeed now named in the supplementary chargesheet and a non-bailable warrant already issued, the next stage of the proceedings will determine whether the statutory requirements for a trial in absentia are fulfilled.

Hafiz Saeed summons in Pahalgam terror attack case: NIA court moves towards trial in absentia after chargesheet and non-bailable warrant

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Jammu is set to issue summons to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, who has been named as an accused in the Pahalgam terror attack case. The summons will direct Saeed to appear before the special NIA court in Jammu in connection with the trial. The legal communication is expected to be routed through the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), as Saeed is based in Pakistan. The court has already issued a non-bailable warrant against Saeed following his inclusion in the NIA's supplementary chargesheet. The agency has accused him of being a key conspirator behind the April 22, 2025, Pahalgam attack, in which 25 tourists and a local resident were killed. Trial could proceed in Hafiz Saeed's absence If Saeed fails to appear despite the completion of the required legal procedures, the court could eventually proceed with a trial in absentia under Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. The provision allows a court, subject to specified safeguards, to conduct proceedings and pronounce judgment against a proclaimed offender who has deliberately absconded to evade the trial and has no immediate prospect of arrest. The law requires several procedural steps before a trial can begin in the accused's absence. These include the issuance of the prescribed warrants and publication of a notice requiring the proclaimed offender to appear before the court. A trial in absentia is not automatic. The court must satisfy the statutory requirements, and the accused must be provided legal representation if proceedings continue without his presence. Hafiz Saeed named in NIA supplementary chargesheet The NIA named Saeed in a supplementary chargesheet filed in July 2026. He has been arraigned both in his individual capacity and as the founder and chief of the banned LeT and its active proxy organisation, The Resistance Front (TRF). The agency has invoked provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The charges include allegations of waging war against India and conspiring from Pakistan in connection with the Pahalgam attack. The supplementary chargesheet builds on the NIA's original 1,597-page chargesheet. According to the agency, the latest filing sets out details of the alleged Pakistan-based conspiracy, Saeed's alleged role and evidence gathered during the investigation. Also Read: Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel's US visit opens new avenues for global investment, technology What the original Pahalgam chargesheet said The NIA filed its original chargesheet on December 15, 2025, naming seven accused, including Pakistan-based handler Sajid Jatt and the banned LeT/TRF organisation as a legal entity. The chargesheet also named three Pakistani terrorists, Faisal Jatt alias Suleman Shah, Habeeb Tahir alias Jibran and Hamza Afghani, who were subsequently killed by security forces during Operation Mahadev in July 2025. Two local residents, Parvaiz Ahmad and Bashir Ahmad Jothad, were arrested over allegations that they provided assistance to the terrorists. The accused were charged under provisions of the BNS, the Arms Act and the UAPA. The NIA alleged that the wider conspiracy was directed from Pakistan and included planning, facilitation and logistical support for the attack. According to the agency, the attackers targeted tourists on the basis of their religious identity, allegedly seeking to create communal tensions and harm Kashmir's tourism industry. The attack took place at Baisaran near Pahalgam on April 22, 2025. Twenty-five tourists and one local resident were killed. The case was initially registered by Pahalgam Police before the Union Home Ministry transferred the investigation to the NIA. NIA investigates local support network The investigation has also examined the alleged network of local individuals who provided shelter, movement and logistical assistance to the foreign terrorists. According to the NIA's case, the attack allegedly followed an operational model involving Pakistan-based handlers, infiltrated terrorists and local support on the ground. The agency has described TRF as a proxy organisation of LeT and alleged that the group was used to obscure the involvement of its Pakistan-based parent organisation. The killing of the three Pakistani terrorists during Operation Mahadev provided investigators with further leads, while the wider probe has focused on identifying the alleged planners, facilitators and supporters behind the attack. With Hafiz Saeed now named in the supplementary chargesheet and a non-bailable warrant already issued, the next stage of the proceedings will determine whether the statutory requirements for a trial in absentia are fulfilled.

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Three persons accused in the 2014 Burdwan blast case have pleaded guilty in applications filed before a special NIA court here, their lawyer Md Shajahan Hossain said here on Thursday.

Hearing in the case is likely to be taken up by the court on September 8, Hossain said.

The three accused who have filed applications pleading guilty are Md Yusuf, Zahirul Sheikh and Zia Ul Haq.

Suspected terrorists were making bombs and explosive devices inside a rented house at Khagragarh in Burdwan district when a blast occurred on October 2, 2014, killing two of them and injuring a third.

Investigations revealed that they had links with terrorist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).

The case was first taken up by the West Bengal CID and then transferred to the NIA within a few days.

Of the 31 people named accused in the case, 24 pleaded guilty on two separate occasions in 2019.

They were sentenced to five years to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by the special NIA court.

The NIA had filed the primary chargesheet in the case in March, 2015, where it said that there was a "conspiracy of JMB, a proscribed terrorist organisation in Bangladesh, to overthrow the existing government in Bangladesh through violent terrorist acts".

Three persons accused in the 2014 Burdwan blast case have pleaded guilty in applications filed before a special NIA court here, their lawyer Md Shajahan Hossain said here on Thursday.

Three persons accused in the 2014 Burdwan blast case have pleaded guilty in applications filed before a special NIA court here, their lawyer Md Shajahan Hossain said here on Thursday. Hearing in the case is likely to be taken up by the court on September 8, Hossain said. The three accused who have filed applications pleading guilty are Md Yusuf, Zahirul Sheikh and Zia Ul Haq. Suspected terrorists were making bombs and explosive devices inside a rented house at Khagragarh in Burdwan district when a blast occurred on October 2, 2014, killing two of them and injuring a third. Investigations revealed that they had links with terrorist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The case was first taken up by the West Bengal CID and then transferred to the NIA within a few days. Of the 31 people named accused in the case, 24 pleaded guilty on two separate occasions in 2019. They were sentenced to five years to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by the special NIA court. The NIA had filed the primary chargesheet in the case in March, 2015, where it said that there was a "conspiracy of JMB, a proscribed terrorist organisation in Bangladesh, to overthrow the existing government in Bangladesh through violent terrorist acts".

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A Special NIA court here on Monday convicted 18 people in the December 2007 Wagamon SIMI arms training camp case. 
The court also acquitted 17 others.

Special Judge Kauser Edappagath found the convicts guilty under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), Explosives Substances Act and various sections of Indian Penal Code.

The court will pronounce the quantum of punishment tomorrow.

While only two accused were produced today in the court, the others who are lodged in various jails in Ahmedabad, Bhopal and Bengaluru, attended the proceedings via multi-point video conference.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which probed the case had charged the accused with involvement in terror activities and being in cahoots with terror groups besides criminal conspiracy and violation of Arms Act among others.

The case was investigated on the basis of complaint that a secret training camp was organised allegedly by Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) at Thangalpara, Wagamon in the state during December, 2007.

It is alleged that in and around November 2007, office bearers and functionaries of SIMI, a banned organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, entered into a criminal conspiracy in Choral, Indore, Madhya Pradesh to conduct training camps for their active cadres.&nbsp

NIA has alleged that they conducted camps at Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat from December 10, 2007 to December 12, 2007.&nbsp

They organised a secret training camp at Thangalpara, Wagamon within the limits of Mundakayam Police Station, Kottayam (Kerala).

 
The agency alleged that the SIMI cadres were involved in physical training, arms training, firing practices, manufacture of bombs/petrol bombs, motor bike racing and rope climbing practices in the camp.

They also allegedly conducted "jihadi" classes in the camp with an intention to train the cadres to advocate, incite and abet unlawful, terrorist activities, disrupt communal harmony and causing threat to the sovereignty and integrity of the country, thereby waging war against Government of India.&nbsp

The court will pronounce the quantum of punishment tomorrow.

A Special NIA court here on Monday convicted 18 people in the December 2007 Wagamon SIMI arms training camp case. The court also acquitted 17 others. Special Judge Kauser Edappagath found the convicts guilty under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), Explosives Substances Act and various sections of Indian Penal Code. The court will pronounce the quantum of punishment tomorrow. While only two accused were produced today in the court, the others who are lodged in various jails in Ahmedabad, Bhopal and Bengaluru, attended the proceedings via multi-point video conference. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which probed the case had charged the accused with involvement in terror activities and being in cahoots with terror groups besides criminal conspiracy and violation of Arms Act among others. The case was investigated on the basis of complaint that a secret training camp was organised allegedly by Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) at Thangalpara, Wagamon in the state during December, 2007. It is alleged that in and around November 2007, office bearers and functionaries of SIMI, a banned organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, entered into a criminal conspiracy in Choral, Indore, Madhya Pradesh to conduct training camps for their active cadres. NIA has alleged that they conducted camps at Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat from December 10, 2007 to December 12, 2007. They organised a secret training camp at Thangalpara, Wagamon within the limits of Mundakayam Police Station, Kottayam (Kerala). The agency alleged that the SIMI cadres were involved in physical training, arms training, firing practices, manufacture of bombs/petrol bombs, motor bike racing and rope climbing practices in the camp. They also allegedly conducted "jihadi" classes in the camp with an intention to train the cadres to advocate, incite and abet unlawful, terrorist activities, disrupt communal harmony and causing threat to the sovereignty and integrity of the country, thereby waging war against Government of India.

NIA court convicts 18 in SIMI training camp case, 17 acquitted

The special National <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/mecca-masjid-blast-nia-to-take-action-after-examining-courts-verdict-130770">Investigation Agency(NIA) judge </a>who delivered the Mecca Masjid verdict on Monday resigned today, reports said.

Judge Ravindra Reddy had acquitted all five accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blasts which were allegedly carried out by right-wing militants.

The blast had killed nine people and had injured at least 58 people.

Swami Aseemanand, Devendra Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar and Rajendra Chowdhary were set free by the court today.&nbsp;

Two other in the case Sandeep V Dange and Ramchandra Kalsangra are absconding while another accused Sunil Joshi was murdered.

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Swami Aseemanand, Devendra Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar and Rajendra Chowdhary were set free by the court today.

The special National Investigation Agency(NIA) judge who delivered the Mecca Masjid verdict on Monday resigned today, reports said. Judge Ravindra Reddy had acquitted all five accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blasts which were allegedly carried out by right-wing militants. The blast had killed nine people and had injured at least 58 people. Swami Aseemanand, Devendra Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar and Rajendra Chowdhary were set free by the court today. Two other in the case Sandeep V Dange and Ramchandra Kalsangra are absconding while another accused Sunil Joshi was murdered.

NIA judge Ravindra Reddy who delivered Mecca Masjid blast verdict resigns

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