India Seeks China's Aid in Pahalgam Terror Probe

The India===National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India is seeking judicial assistance from China to trace a GoPro Hero 12 Black camera linked to the April 22, 2025, Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 tourists. The camera, supplied to China-based AE Group International Limited and activated in Dongguan, China, is considered crucial for establishing the terror module's pre-attack reconnaissance and operational preparations. A special court in Jammu allowed the NIA to issue a Letter Rogatory to China's judicial authorities to identify the purchaser and end-user. The India===Interior ministry has concurred with this request. The Resistance Front, a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the attack, which was the deadliest assault on civilians in the region in almost twenty years. India and China, not signatories to a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, are resorting to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime for cooperation.