Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday detained a preacher from Mewat, Haryana, in connection with the ‘white-collar’ terror module allegedly operating from a university in Faridabad, officials said.
The preacher, identified as Maulvi Ishtiyaq, was staying in a rented accommodation within the Al Falah University complex in Faridabad. According to officials, over 2,500 kg of ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate, and sulphur were recovered from the residence.
Ishtiyaq, who has been brought to Srinagar for questioning, is likely to be placed under arrest soon.
He will be the ninth person taken into custody in the case. Police had earlier conducted interstate raids on November 10 in coordination with their counterparts in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to expose a ‘white-collar’ terror network linked to the banned outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH).
Investigators said the explosives were stored at Ishtiyaq’s rented home by Dr. Muzammil Ganaie alias Musaib and Dr. Umar Nabi, who was driving the explosives-laden car that detonated outside the Red Fort on Monday evening, killing 12 people.
