The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed Delhi-based criminal lawyer Shri Singh as the Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) to conduct the trial in the Pahalgam terror attack case.
As per the notification dated October 28, Singh will represent the National Investigation Agency (NIA) before the NIA Special Court, Jammu and the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh for a period of three years or until completion of the trial, whichever is earlier.
A Jammu court had granted the NIA a 45-day extension on September 18 to complete the investigation. That period ends this week, with the chargesheet to be likely filed soon.
The brutal attack at Baisaran meadow, Pahalgam on April 22 claimed the lives of 25 tourists and a pony operator, marking one of the most shocking terror incidents in J&K in recent years.
[Read notification]