Overview
- Officials report that handlers using aliases such as Hanzulla and Ukasha sent more than three dozen bomb-making and suicide-glorifying videos to accused doctors, with one stream totaling about 42 tutorials.
- Sources say Dr Umar and other suspects met a Syrian operative in Türkiye in 2022 on handlers’ instructions, a link now central to mapping the module’s external support.
- The NIA has taken custody of three doctors and a cleric previously arrested, bringing those booked in the case to six as federal investigators lead multi-state raids and forensics.
- Investigators cite recoveries of roughly 2,500–2,900 kg of explosive precursors tied to the Faridabad–Al Falah network, including ammonium nitrate stored at low-rent premises.
- The agency has arrested a Pampore resident accused of facilitating purchase of the Hyundai i20 used in the suicide VBIED and seized another vehicle linked to the bomber for forensic examination, while probing indications of wider attack plans reported by media as investigative leads.