9 dead, 27 injured after explosives seized in Faridabad detonate at J&K police station

While some of the explosives recovered have been kept at forensic lab of police, the major part of the 360 kg of explosives was stored at the police station, where the primary case for the terror module was registered.The entire conspiracy unravelled after the posters threatening police and security forces appeared on walls in Bunpora, Nowgam, in mid-October.Treating the incident as a serious threat, Srinagar police registered a case on October 19 and formed a dedicated team.Meticulous, frame-by-frame analysis of CCTV footage led investigators to identify and arrest the first three suspects — Arif Nisar Dar alias Sahil, Yasir-ul-Ashraf and Maqsood Ahmad Dar alias Shahid.These three had cases of stone pelting registered against them and were seen pasting the posters.Their interrogation led to the arrest of Maulvi Irfan Ahmad, a former paramedic turned Imam (preacher) from Shopian who supplied the posters and is believed to have radicalised the doctors using his easy access to the medical community.The trail ultimately led Srinagar police to Al Falah University in Faridabad, where they arrested Dr Ganaie and Dr Shaheen Sayeed.It was here that the massive cache of chemicals, including ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate and sulphur, was seized.Investigators believe the entire module was run by a core trio of doctors — Ganaie, Umar Nabi (the driver of the explosives-laden car that exploded near the Red Fort on November 10) and Muzzaffar Rather (absconding).The role of the eighth arrested person, Dr Adeel Rather, the brother of the absconding Dr Muzzaffar Rather from whom an AK-56 rifle was seized, is still under investigation.



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