12 November,2025 05:03 PM IST | Srinagar | mid-day online correspondent
Security personnel conduct searches at a residential area after receiving inputs on the presence of suspected militants. Pic/PTI
Amid intensified anti-terror operations across the country, security forces on Wednesday arrested two overground workers (OGWs) carrying posters of terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwatul Hind (AGuH), leading to the busting of an inter-state and transnational terror module. The operation resulted in a major haul of arms and 2,900 kilograms of explosive material, reported news agency PTI, quoting officials.
The Srinagar Police apprehended the OGWs on November 2, and a swift investigation by the local police led to the unravelling of the plot in less than three days.
One of the officers who is part of the investigation asserted, "Inspector Mir Masrat Aalam, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Nowgam police station, discovered during questioning that the suspects were part of a larger network and their handler - Moulvi Irfan Ahmad - hailed from Shopian district but was operating under the garb of a prayer leader in a local mosque in the Nowgam area."
The officers further said that a team from Nowgam Police Station picked up the imam, who reportedly revealed the involvement of several young doctors in the module currently working outside Jammu and Kashmir.
The officer, while revealing how they nabbed another suspect, Dr Adeel, said, "The SHO informed his seniors about the disclosures, who sent a team to Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, where the cops from Jammu and Kashmir, with the help of local police, managed to nab Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather from a private hospital."
Officers added that another potential suspect was arrested on November 6 and was brought to Srinagar the next day on a transit remand. Through his interrogation, the investigation agencies recovered an AK rifle from a locker at the medical college where he had worked until October of the previous year, PTI reported.
One of the officers, after detaining the suspect, said, "The doctor revealed information about large quantities of explosives stored by other members of the module in Faridabad and other locations. Consequently, police arrested Dr Muzamil Ahmad Ganaie, who had returned to his native village in Pulwama district to attend his sister's wedding. At his direction, a substantial cache of explosives was recovered from his rented room in Faridabad."
Ganaie was working at a local hospital in Faridabad, where Umar Nabi, a key suspect in the Delhi blast case, also worked.
Meanwhile, investigations in Kashmir have intensified, targeting individuals believed to be connected with the terror ecosystem. Dozens of people, including several doctors with close links to Rather, Ganaie, or Nabi, have been questioned by the police, PTI reported.
The police also questioned Fatima Bano, the wife of Moulvi Irfan, officers informed.
They further emphasised, "While some of those questioned are suspected of being involved in terror activities, others are being examined to understand the recruitment processes employed by terrorist handlers operating within the union territory or across the Line of Control."
(With inputs from PTI)
