Overview
- Police say a Jaish-e-Mohammad operative called Hanzulla instructed the Faridabad module in bomb-making, with investigators reporting a plan for up to 200 near-simultaneous blasts across North India.
- NIA holds several accused doctors tied to Al-Falah University as searches recover thousands of kilos of ammonium nitrate/NPK, an AK-47 from a hospital locker, a deep freezer and a grinder used to process explosives.
- Probe findings indicate the group pooled roughly Rs 26 lakh, sourced chemicals in Nuh and electronics from Delhi’s Bhagirath Palace and Faridabad’s NIT Market, and used codewords such as “biryani” for explosives.
- The investigation widened with the SIA arresting Tufail Niyaz Bhat in Srinagar and an arrest warrant issued for fugitive Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, who is suspected to have fled to Afghanistan, as hospital locker checks expanded in J&K.
- Agencies are tracing a layered handler chain—naming figures such as Mansoor, Hashim, Ibrahim and Okasa—after uncovering a 2022 Turkey trip linked to TTP contacts and efforts to route recruits toward Afghanistan.