A team of Jammu and Kashmir police recovered about 350 kilograms of explosives including ammonium nitrate, an AK-47 rifle, and ammunition from a rented accommodation in Dhauj village, Faridabad, in Haryana on Sunday. The recovery of the arms was made just days after the police arrested a Kashmiri doctor from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur, for allegedly putting up posters supporting the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Srinagar.
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Initial reports said that some of the explosive material found was RDX. Faridabad Police Commissioner Satender Gupta confirmed the matrerial was actually ammonium nitrate.
The operation was carried out based on the doctor's inputs and those of several other arrested suspects, NDTV reported.
The residence from which the arms were recovered belonged to Dr Muzammil Shakeel, a student at Al Falah Medical College, originally from J&K, who rented the house three months ago. About 14 bags of ammonium nitrate, 84 live cartridges, one AK-47 rifle, timers, and 5 litres of chemical solution were recovered by officials.
Huge recovery near Delhi: Around 300 kg of RDX, AK-47 rifles, and other arms have reportedly been seized from the house of a J&K-based doctor in Faridabad, Haryana.
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The operation was executed by the J&K Police and the IB team with assistance from the local police. They also found 48 items which are suspected of being used for assembling improvised explosive devices.
The information was provided by Dr Aadil Ahmad Rather during interrogation. Officials also said that they had already uncovered an AK-47 rifle and ammunition from a locker belonging to Rather at the Government Medical College in Anantnag.
Muzamil Shakeel, a resident of Koil in Pulwama district, who was also employed at the hospital, was identified for suspected involvement in stocking and concealing arms and ammunition in Faridabad. Both Rather and Shakeel are under police custody.
Officials described the recovery as one of the largest seizures of explosives linked to the region in recent years. Several other medical professionals from the region are also under scrutiny for alleged involvement with groups like the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ghazwat-ul-Hind. Posters promoting the former terror outfit were found in many parts of Srinagar city, prompting a case from the Srinagar police.
Police also said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to join further probes.
