Two days after the Delhi Red Fort blast , sources revealed links to a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror module busted in Faridabad. Security agencies seized nearly 3,000 kg of explosives and arrested several suspects
Security personnel stand guard following the arrest of Dr. Adeel in Anantnag. Pic/PTI
Two days after the tragic blast that happened at Delhi’s Red Fort Metro station, sources indicate that the threads of the blast are linked to objectionable posters in the Nowgam area of Srinagar. They also say that an FIR was registered on October 19 in relation to this matter. Sources also highlighted that security forces took strong action to bust the interstate Jaish-e-Mohammed module linked to the terror plot.
As reported by news agency ANI, during the investigation of this case, two arrests were made from Shopian and Ganderbal between October 20 and 27 and on November 5. Out of the two arrested, one of them was a medical practitioner named Dr Adil, who was apprehended from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, sources said.
The sources further said that two days later, an AK-56 rifle and other ammunition were also seized in an Anantnag Hospital. Furthermore, guns, pistols, and explosives were also subsequently recovered from a place in Faridabad, reported by ANI.
During the interrogation, the accused revealed the names of other persons involved in this module. Subsequently, Dr Muzammil, a doctor from Al Falah Medical College in Faridabad, was arrested, the sources said. On the basis of these leads, more arrests were made, and a large cache of weapons and explosives was seized, reported ANI.
Sequence of scenarios
Cutting to the chase, on November 9, a person named Madrasi, a resident of Dhauj, Faridabad, was then further arrested from his house.
The next day, on November 10, a massive consignment of explosives, weighing 2,563 kilograms, was recovered from the house of Hafeez Mohammad Ishtiaq, a resident of Mewat and an Imam at Al Falah Mosque in Faridabad's Dhera Colony.
As reported by ANI, in subsequent raids, 358 kilograms of additional explosive material, detonators, and timers were also seized, sources said. Adding that approximately 3,000 kilograms of explosives and bomb-making equipment stored by this module were further seized.
During these operations, Umar, also part of the module and working as a medical practitioner at Al Falah Medical College, changed his location as he was under constant pressure from the security forces, the sources said.
The sources, while highlighting the tragic blast that happened outside the Red Fort, said, “According to CCTV footage, the car in which the Red Fort explosion occurred was being driven by Umar, a member of this module. The explosion was caused by the same type of material that was stockpiled in Faridabad, from where nearly 3,000 kilograms of explosives were seized,” as cited by news agency ANI.
Was the Delhi Red Fort Blast a reactive action?
The security agencies and the intelligence network successfully "dismantled this Faridabad module" and recovered a large quantity of explosive material, preventing a major conspiracy aimed at causing large-scale damage in the country.
The sources further said that “Umar fled as he panicked by the successful crackdown of security forces, and his anxiety and desperation likely led to the Red Fort explosion. Whether it was deliberate or accidental will emerge in investigations, but it is certain that the blast was an integral part of the same chain of events during which a major terrorist module was exposed and a huge quantity of explosives seized.”
The investigation is being handed over to the National Investigation Agency. Essential DNA, explosives, and other samples have been collected from the site and sent for forensic examination.
(With inputs from ANI)
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