The recent filing of a 1,597-page chargesheet by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) regarding the April 2025 Pahalgam massacre is much more than a routine legal submission. It stands as a calculated and definitive assertion of Indian sovereignty against a decades-old machinery of terror. The document provides an exhaustive forensic roadmap of a conspiracy that was conceived in foreign safe houses and executed in the Baisaran Valley of Kashmir. By meticulously documenting every thread of the attack, the investigators have moved beyond mere rhetoric. They have constructed a fortress of truth that no amount of propaganda can dismantle.

The Forensic Demise of Plausible Deniability

Justice in a modern democracy relies on the undeniable power of scientific proof. The investigation into the April 2025 attack, which saw militants use M4 carbines and AK-47 rifles against innocent tourists, was conducted under the rigorous standards of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam. Investigators did not rely on hearsay but instead tracked the digital and financial trails of handlers like Sajid Saifullah Jatt in Lahore. The evidence recovered is staggering in its specificity.

Authorities found laminated voter identity cards from the Election Commission of Pakistan among the terrorists. They also recovered micro SD cards containing NADRA biometric records that traced the family trees of the militants to specific residential addresses in Gujranwala in Pakistani Punjab. Even mundane items, such as chocolates found in the possession of........

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