Overview
- Counter-Intelligence Kashmir teams conducted simultaneous searches across the three districts, including a raid at cardiologist Dr Umer Farooq’s residence in Bugam, Kulgam.
- Officials have not released the specific basis for the searches or confirmed whether any items were seized.
- Local residents said the searches concluded without incident, though the sudden police presence caused alarm.
- The investigation involves CIK and the SIA working with Haryana Police on leads attributed to two Jaish-e-Mohammad overground workers.
- Earlier actions in the case included the arrest of Dr Adil Rather in Saharanpur, the Faridabad arrest of Dr Muzammil Ganaie with explosive material, and the death of associate Dr Umar Nabi in a car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort that killed 12 civilians.