White Collar Terror Module Spanning Kashmir, Haryana, UP Busted; 2.9K KG of Explosives, Arms Seized; 3 Doctors Among 8 Arrested

PTI, SRINAGAR/FARIDABAD, NOV 10, 2025 : Eight people, including three doctors, were arrested and 2,900 kg of explosives seized with the uncovering of a "white-collar" terror module involving Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, spanning Kashmir, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Monday.

Among those arrested following a 15-day operation were Kashmir's Dr. Muzammil Ganaie in Faridabad and Lucknow's Dr. Shaheen, who was brought by air to Srinagar for custodial interrogation, officials said. An AK-47 rifle was found in her car. The joint operation by the police forces of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana, as well as Central agencies, achieved a major breakthrough, officials added. They did not disclose details of exactly when the arrests took place.

With this, the police have successfully thwarted the destructive designs of both the terror groups, the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), an offshoot of ISIS in India. The 2,900 kg of explosive material includes ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, and sulphur. Of this, 360 kg of inflammable material suspected to be ammonium nitrate and some arms and ammunition were recovered from Ganaie’s rented accommodation in Faridabad, said a statement from the Jammu and Kashmir police.

The recoveries from various locations include a Chinese Star pistol with ammunition, a Beretta pistol with ammunition, an AK-56 rifle with ammunition, an AK Krinkov rifle with ammunition, as well as explosives, chemicals, reagents, inflammable material, electronic circuits, batteries, wires, remote control devices, timers, and metal sheets, the statement added.

Ganaie, a teacher at Al Falah University in the Haryana town of New Delhi, was arrested after the Jammu and Kashmir police named him as a wanted person in a case involving putting up posters supporting Jaish-e-Mohammed in Srinagar. Of the eight arrested, seven are from Kashmir — Arif Nisar Dar alias Sahil, Yasir-ul-Ashraf, and Maqsood Ahmad Dar alias Shahid from Nowgam in Srinagar; Maulvi Irfan Ahmad from Shopian; Zameer Ahmad Ahanger alias Mutlasha from Wakura area of Ganderbal; Dr. Muzammil Ahmad Ganaie alias Musaib from Koil area of Pulwama; and Dr. Adeel from Wanpora area of Kulgam. Dr. Shaheen is based in Lucknow.

Several Pakistani numbers were found on the phones of Ganaie and Adeel, officials said. These could be the possible handlers of the network. On October 19, multiple Jaish-e-Mohammed posters were found pasted at different locations in Bunpora Nowgam area of the city, threatening and intimidating police and security forces. That was the starting point of the investigation, which led to the unraveling of the inter-state terror network.

"The investigation revealed a white-collar terror ecosystem, involving radicalised professionals and students in contact with foreign handlers, operating from Pakistan and other countries," said a statement from the Jammu and Kashmir Police. It said the group had been using encrypted channels for indoctrination, coordination, fund movement, and logistics.

"Funds were raised through professional and academic networks, under the guise of social/charitable causes. The accused were found involved in identifying persons to radicalise, initiate, and recruit them to terrorist ranks, besides raising funds, arranging logistics, procuring arms/ammunition, and material for preparing IEDs," it said.

According to the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the sophisticated terror module allegedly used professional and academic networks as a front, collecting funds under the false pretense of supporting social and charitable causes. The accused were allegedly involved in a wide range of illegal activities, including the crucial process of identifying, radicalising, and recruiting new members for terrorist organizations.