GURGAON/SRINAGAR: A Kashmiri medical professor’s arrest has triggered one of many largest counterterrorism hauls in recent times, with investigators in J&Okay, Haryana and UP uncovering almost 2,900kg of IED-making materials, a number of assault rifles, pistols, chemical substances, electronics and flammable substances. Police stated a transnational module tied to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind had allegedly embedded themselves inside tutorial {and professional} circles, utilizing encrypted channels, charitable fronts and college networks to maneuver funds, radicalise recruits and assemble explosives. The investigation started after threatening JeM posters appeared at a number of areas in Srinagar’s Bunpora Nowgam space on Oct 19. An FIR underneath UAPA, Explosive Substances Act, and Arms Act was filed at Nowgam police station. Monitoring the path led police to what they described as a “white-collar terror ecosystem” of radicalized professionals and college students allegedly in contact with handlers in Pakistan and different nations. Muzamil Shakeel, 35, a health care provider from J&Okay’s Pulwama instructing at Al-Falah College in Faridabad’s Dhauj, was arrested October 30 after J&Okay police linked him to the posters. He managed the college hospital’s emergency wing and taught medical college students. His questioning led Haryana and J&Okay police to 2 rented areas in Dhauj. Searches on Saturday at a room he allegedly took 15 days earlier than his arrest yielded 358kg of suspected ammonium nitrate, a Krinkov assault rifle with three magazines, 83 reside cartridges, a pistol, & bomb-making paraphernalia.Cops probing if Faridabad univ lab was used for making RDX Searches on Saturday at a room Muzamil Shakeel allegedly took 15 days earlier than his arrest yielded arms, ammunition, explosive materials and bomb-making paraphernalia: 12 suitcases and a bucket full of explosives, 20 timers, batteries, distant controls, 5kg heavy steel, and a walkie-talkie set. Searches expanded Monday to Dehar Colony, additionally in Dhauj, the place police discovered an extra 2,563kg of explosives and flammable materials. Seized weapons embrace a Chinese language pistol, a Beretta pistol, an AK-56 rifle, and a Krinkov rifle – all with ammunition. “The sheer quantity of fabric factors to plans for large-scale terrorist assaults,” a police officer stated. Faridabad police spokesperson Yashpal stated groups had been working to determine accomplices, hint procurement chains, and decide the weapons’ supply. “Raids are being carried out at a number of areas linked to the accused,” he stated. Investigators have detained a number of individuals allegedly linked to Muzamil, together with a spiritual scholar from a mosque close to the college. Police stated they’re probing whether or not laboratory amenities at Al-Falah College had been supposed for synthesizing superior explosives equivalent to RDX. An AK-47 allegedly linked to Muzamil was discovered within the Swift Dzire of a girl physician from the identical college. Officers stated she has not been arrested and should have loaned her automobile with out understanding its use, however her position stays underneath scrutiny. She is presently being questioned in J&Okay. Earlier than Muzamil’s arrest, UP’s Saharanpur police detained one other Pulwama physician – Adeel Majeed Fairly. His interrogation led investigators to Dhauj and uncovered Muzamil’s alleged storage facility. Faridabad police commissioner Satender Kumar Gupta stated a terrorist module was being designed. “Although I can’t reveal a lot because it issues nationwide safety, joint groups of Haryana and J&Okay police have efficiently busted a significant terrorist community,” he stated, including that extra arrests had been anticipated. J&Okay police introduced a broader breakthrough, calling it a “main counterterrorism operation” that dismantled an inter-state and transnational module linked to JeM and AGuH. Arrests embrace Arif Nisar Dar alias Sahil and Yasir-ul-Ashraf of Nowgam, Maqsood Ahmad Dar alias Shahid of Nowgam, Molvi Irfan Ahmad of Shopian, Zameer Ahmad Ahanger of Ganderbal, Dr Muzammil Ahmad Ganaie of Koil in Pulwama, and Dr Fairly of Kulgam. Searches had been carried out throughout Srinagar, Anantnag, Ganderbal, and Shopian, together with coordinated operations in Faridabad and Saharanpur. “Monetary investigation relating to circulate of funds is on and all linkages are being traced and addressed expeditiously,” police stated, including that the operation displays dedication to dismantle alleged terrorist networks working throughout state traces and from overseas soil.