Pahalgam Attack: Digital Evidence Shows Terrorist Plan Was Active a Week Before
The plan to attack tourists at Baisaran valley in Kashmir's Pahalgam was active around April 15 last year, according to digital records recovered from terrorists killed after the attack. This revelation features in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet filed in connection with the April 22, 2025 attack that left 25 tourists and a local ponywallah dead.
The agency's probe notes that the phone of a terrorist killed during 'Operation Mahadev' in the Srinagar area on July 28, 2025, contained two map screenshots time-stamped April 15 and 16, depicting locations near Baisaran.
The screenshots indicate the points were plotted in a mobile app, consistent with coordinates being received from the Pakistan-based handler Sajid Jatt, the NIA said. These timestamps show the conspiracy was live at least from April 15 onwards. The GPS-based mobile app in question is commonly used for hiking and mountain expeditions but was used by terrorists to share and track coordinates.
