The National Investigation Agency deserves appreciation for completing, in record time, a painstaking investigation into the brutal Pahalgam terror attack of April 22. The filing of a comprehensive 1,597-page chargesheet within eight months reflects both institutional capacity and a sense of urgency demanded by a crime that shocked the nation. While it is ultimately for the judiciary to examine the merits of the evidence and deliver a verdict, the investigation itself marks a significant moment in India’s long battle against cross-border terrorism. Terrorists, by design, leave little behind. In this case too, there was no dramatic trail of documents or electronic proof that could, beyond all doubt, establish Pakistani nationality at the scene of the crime.

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