Srinagar 07 May(KNB): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has appealed to the public for assistance in investigating the Pahalgam terror attack that occurred on April 22, 2025, resulting in 26 tourist fatalities.
The agency is seeking information, photographs, and videos from tourists, visitors, and locals that may aid in identifying the perpetrators and understanding their modus operandi.
In a statement issued to news agency Kashmir News Bureau-KNB, NIA said, the agency has already taken possession of a sizeable number of photographs and videos showing various aspects of the attack and is examining the same. It has now decided to scale up its efforts even more intensely to ensure that no useful information or evidence is missed out in its investigation into the horrendous crime against humanity.
In an appeal issued today via its official website and social media handles, NIA has urged all such people to call up the agency on mobile number 9654958816 and/or on landline number – 01124368800 and provide their personal details and also the details of the kind of information or inputs they want to share. A senior NIA official will then connect with the caller and arrange for the relevant information/photos/videos etc to be shared with the agency, statement added.
NIA, which is officially in charge of the investigation into the attack, is keen to examine all such information, photographs and videos in thorough detail to search for any possible clues to the assailants and their modus operandi. Tourists and other might have, advertently or inadvertently, seen, heard or clicked some relevant detail that could help NIA to unravel the conspiracy behind the unprecedented targeted attack on tourists in Kashmir.
Several photographs and videos are found to be in circulation on various social media platforms after the terrorist attack that killed 26 tourists and left several injured on 22nd April 2025. The anti-terror agency plans to minutely go through all these, along with any other information that might be in possession of those who were in the area on or before the fateful day.
NIA teams have been camping in Pahalgam to examine the attack site for evidence and have also been questioning the witnesses of the horrendous crime, statement further said.(KNB)