Overview
- SIA teams searched the Batamaloo home of Tufail Niyaz Bhat, earlier taken into custody in the case, and conducted a parallel raid in Ganderbal’s Wakoora area.
- Officials said several incriminating materials were seized during Friday’s operations as the agency deepens inquiries into the interstate support network.
- The case stems from an October Nowgam poster investigation that SIA has taken over, with Tufail first detained by the J&K Police’s CARGO wing before transfer to SIA custody.
- Prior arrests include multiple doctors tied to Al‑Falah University, with investigators recovering an AK‑47 from a Government Medical College Anantnag locker and large quantities of explosives in Faridabad.
- Authorities say the network is linked to the November 10 blast near Delhi’s Red Fort that killed 13, with the NIA reporting seven arrests and recent raids across Kashmir tied to the same probe.