2,900 kg of IED material seized; terror module busted, two doctors arrested

Srinagar, Nov 10: Jammu and Kashmir Police recovered a staggering 2,900 kg of bomb-making material — including 350 kg of ammonium nitrate, timers and other components — as part of a major operation that exposed an interstate and transnational terror module linked to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind.

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The raids, carried out across Jammu & Kashmir (Srinagar, Anantnag, Ganderbal and Shopian) and Faridabad in Haryana, also turned up assault rifles, handguns, boxes of ammunition and incriminating manuals on making improvised explosive devices.

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Authorities say one of the assault rifles was recovered from the car of a woman doctor connected to the Al-Falah Hospital in Faridabad.

Investigators have arrested several individuals, including medical professionals — notably Mujammil Shakeel, a doctor at Al-Falah Hospital (Faridabad), and Adil Ahmad Rather, a doctor at Government Medical College, Anantnag — along with five others identified as Arif Nisar Dar, Yasir-ul-Ashraf, Maqsood Ahmad Dar (Srinagar), Molvi Irfan Ahmad (Shopian) and Zameer Ahmad Ahanger (Ganderbal). CCTV footage had earlier linked Rather to propaganda activity in Srinagar.

Officials said the probe points to a worrying “white-collar” terrorist ecosystem in which radicalised professionals, many allegedly guided by handlers based abroad, were involved not only in violent plotting but also in spreading extremist propaganda.

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The recovery of high-grade explosives and a varied arsenal — from an Italian Beretta pistol to a compact Russian Krinkov rifle — underlines the gravity of the dismantled network and has prompted further intelligence and security action.

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