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NEW DELHI: Following the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) detailed chargesheet successful the Pahalgam panic attack case, investigators person present turned their attraction to however a US-made GoPro camera, primitively supplied to China, recovered its mode into the hands of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) panic group, elder officials said connected Sunday.Also Read | Pahalgam case: NIA seeks China's assistance to hint GoPro cam infoThe blase camera was recovered from the 3 Pahalgam terrorists who were killed successful an brushwood successful the Dachigam forests past July aft the attack.According to officials, the betterment of the instrumentality has provided investigators with a important caller pb into the outer logistics web backing panic groups operating successful Jammu and Kashmir.Probe agencies judge tracing the camera’s proviso way could assistance uncover weaknesses — oregon imaginable collusion — wrong clandestine networks liable for smuggling funds, instrumentality and tactical gear."The chargesheet establishes the contiguous operational details of the Baisaran attack, but the wider probe remains wide open. We are actively investigating the procurement channels to ascertain however a commercialized instrumentality tracking backmost to China was diverted to a banned violent organisation operating successful Jammu and Kashmir," an authoritative told quality bureau PTI.To hint the camera’s origin, the NIA had formally contacted US-based shaper GoPro Inc seeking details astir the device’s income history.
In response, the institution informed investigators that the circumstantial camera had primitively been shipped to an authorised commercialized distributor successful China.According to officials, investigators are examining the anticipation that the cameras whitethorn person been procured by the Pakistani subject and subsequently passed connected to panic groups operating successful the region.Since India does not stock a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with China, investigations of this quality tin lone beryllium pursued done diplomatic channels.A full of 26 people, astir of them tourists, were killed erstwhile terrorists opened occurrence successful the Baisaran meadows of Pahalgam connected April 22, 2025.In response, India launched Operation Sindoor connected the intervening nighttime of May 6 and 7, carrying retired strikes against Pakistan-based panic groups, including cardinal camps linked to the banned LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammed.The ensuing subject struggle betwixt India and Pakistan came to an extremity connected May 10 aft Islamabad requested a ceasefire and New Delhi accepted.The 3 terrorists progressive successful the Pahalgam onslaught were killed successful an brushwood with Army peculiar forces successful the Dachigam forests connected July 28 past year. They were identified arsenic Faisal Jatt alias Suleman, Habeeb Tahir alias Chottu, and Hamza Afghani.Investigators recovered that astatine slightest 2 AK-47 rifles recovered from the Baisaran onslaught site, on with different limb seized successful the Dachigam forests connected the outskirts of Srinagar, were of Chinese origin.The NIA has filed a chargesheet against the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and six individuals, including the 3 slain attackers.(With PTI inputs)
