Police intensify search across Faridabad after seizing explosives

Faridabad: An extensive combing and search operation is being conducted in parts of Faridabad on Tuesday, following the seizure of  2,900 kg of explosives and inflammable material from two rooms rented by a Kashmiri doctor.

Preliminary probe into the blast near Delhi's Red Fort on Monday evening that left 12 dead and many injured has suggested links to the alleged terror module uncovered in Faridabad.

Police on Tuesday said a team is camping at the Al Falah University, where the Kashmiri doctor lived for the past three-and-a-half years, and are questioning staff and doctors at the varsity here, a senior police officer said. Several police personnel are searching the area around the Dhauj police station, he added.

So far in the investigation, a cleric here who was detained by police revealed that he had rented out his room to an autorickshaw driver, who then gave it to Dr Muzammil to keep "luggage" in the room.

Eight people, including a Kashmiri man and two doctors, were arrested for allegedly being part of a white collar terror module involving the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, spanning across Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

Two other doctors, Adeel and Shaheen, have also been arrested in connection with the case.

A huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from two rooms rented by Muzammil Ganaie alias Musaib (35) in Faridabad. The native of Koil in Pulwama, was a doctor working at Al Falah University at Dhauj, around 45 km from Delhi.

The blast in Delhi occurred hours after the recovery of 2,563 kg of explosives and inflammables from Dahar Colony in Fatehpur Taga village here on Monday.

Earlier, around 360 kg of suspected ammonium nitrate and a cache of arms and ammunition were recovered. The recoveries were made from the Kashmiri doctor's rented accommodation in Faridabad, on the border with Delhi.

On Monday, Faridabad Police said in a statement that approximately 2,900 kg of inflammables and explosive material was recovered in a joint operation by Faridabad Police and Jammu and Kashmir Police.

During the investigation, Muzammil's activities were found to be suspicious, following which a team from the Nowgam police station in Kashmir arrested him with the assistance of the Faridabad Crime Branch.

Police said that on Sunday, 358 kg of explosive material suspected to be ammonium nitrate, a Krinkov assault rifle with three magazines, a pistol with 2 cartridges, 91 live rounds and two magazines were recovered from the room of a house in Dhauj, located just 500 metres from the Al Falah University.

Among other articles, police had also seized timers, batteries, remote controls, electrical circuits, wires, and a metal seat from the room.