Arrested J&K doctor’s tip leads cops to 300-kg RDX haul near Delhi
NEW DELHI, NOV 10 : In a major anti-terror breakthrough, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have recovered 300 kilograms of powerful explosive RDX, an AK-47 rifle, and a large cache of ammunition from Haryana’s Faridabad. The arms haul followed disclosures made by an arrested Kashmiri doctor.
According to officials, the recovery was made during a raid at Al Falah Hospital in Faridabad, based on information provided by Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather during interrogation. Another doctor, Dr Muzamil Shakeel, who was employed at the hospital, has also been arrested in connection with the case.
Rather, currently in police custody, is being questioned for his alleged role in storing and facilitating the transport of arms and explosives. Earlier, police had seized an AK-47 rifle and other ammunition from a locker belonging to him in the Kashmir Valley.
Investigations have also pointed to the involvement of Dr Muzamil Shakeel, a resident of Koil in Pulwama district, who is suspected to have helped stock the seized explosives and arms in Faridabad.
Both doctors have been brought back to Jammu and Kashmir and remain in police custody. Officials describe the recovery as one of the largest seizures of explosives linked to the Valley in recent years.
A wider probe is now focusing on a network of doctors from Jammu and Kashmir suspected of having links with the banned terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ghazwat-ul-Hind. Police sources said more recoveries and arrests are likely as security agencies trace the network involved in smuggling and storing arms and explosives outside the Union Territory.
The accused have been booked under Sections 7/25 of the Arms Act and Sections 13, 28, 38, and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Meanwhile, a massive anti-terror operation is underway across Jammu and Kashmir. On Sunday, nine people, including a woman, were detained during raids carried out across the Valley, with the operations continuing into Monday.
Search and cordon drives were conducted at several locations in Ramban, Kishtwar, Doda, Kathua, Reasi, Poonch, and Rajouri districts after intelligence inputs suggested that terrorists hiding in the upper reaches were seeking safe shelters in the plains for the winter.
-PTI
