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Red Fort Car bomb: Police in Jammu and Kashmir Raid on ‘White-Collar’ Terrorist Group, Detain Mewat Cleric

Red Fort Car bomb: Ishtiaq Ahmed, a cleric from Mewat, Haryana, has been taken into custody by Jammu and Kashmir Police as they look into the link between the bomb near the Red Fort in Delhi and the white-collar terrorist organizations of Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind. Two other close relatives, including a top physician at Srinagar’s SMHS Hospital, as well as the sister of the captured terrorist Dr. Muzammil, have also been questioned.

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At least 13 people were killed and several more were wounded in a devastating explosion that occurred Monday night close to Delhi’s Red Fort, causing chaos across Old Delhi. Several cars were set on fire when the explosion occurred at Lal Qila Metro Station’s Gate No. 1.

Bangladesh is where Muzammil’s sister earned her MBBS. The histories of two female physicians who moved to the Gulf nations after earning their MBBS from Bangladesh are also being looked into, as is the search for another female physician. In Kashmir, more than 50 medical professionals and paramedics were questioned on Wednesday.

According to Jagran sources, the NIA may also be tasked with looking into the white-collar units of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and Jaish-e-Mohammed.

Officially, three persons have been held for questioning in the case, and 16 people have been arrested. About fifty-two representatives and staff members of Al-Falah University, located in Faridabad, have been questioned. The majority of the physicians who were part of the terrorist module were university instructors. Sources claim that Arif, Yasir, Maqsood, Irfan, and Zameer were first taken into custody in Srinagar.

Dr. Adil Rather of Kanjigund was detained in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, according to their information. In Faridabad, Dr. Sajjad, Dr. Muzammil Ahmed, and another Kashmiri physician were taken into custody. Dr. Shaheen, a female doctor, was detained in Faridabad, while Dr. Parvez was nabbed in Lucknow. Tariq, Amir, and Umar of Pulwama were taken into custody for interrogation, while four lab technicians from Al-Falah University were also taken into custody.

According to Jagran sources, Dr. Tajammul, a South Kashmiri native who works at the SMHS Hospital in Srinagar, was also questioned. Although his cell phone was confiscated for forensic analysis, he was eventually freed. Additionally, a physician who is close to Dr. Adil Rather is sought. Police have taken the doctor’s laptop and a few other belongings, but his cell phone is off. Two to three foreign-based female physicians who earned MBBS degrees from Bangladesh have also been discovered, according to sources. Drs. Umar and Muzammil were in communication with the physicians.

About Ishtiaq Ahmed, a cleric

Additionally, Ishtiaq spoke with Shopian’s Maulvi Irfan. According to police sources, Maulvi Ishtiaq Ahmed, who was detained from Mewat, interacted with a number of Al-Falah University physicians and students and took part in religious gatherings with them. Additionally, he maintained communication with Maulvi Irfan Ahmed of Shopian, who had visited Kashmir many times and was caught in Srinagar.

Additionally, he invited a few local clergy to a meeting in Nuh, Haryana, particularly the younger ones. According to reports, Maulvi Ishtiaq Ahmed and Maulvi Irfan Ahmed are being interrogated in Srinagar to determine their foreign affiliations.

Ishtiaq had been residing at the mosque in Al-Falah. Twenty Years

Two months ago, Maulvi Ishtiaq, the imam of the Al-Falah University Mosque, visited his mother at his hometown of Singar in Nuh, Haryana. He had shared a room close to the mosque complex with his wife and four kids for about two decades.

He was the owner of a three-room home in Faridabad’s Fatehpur Taga hamlet. Police found 2,563 kg of ammonium nitrate in the room he leased to Dr. Muhammad Muzammil. There are four brothers for Maulvi Ishtiaq. They are the village clerics, Saddam and Mubeen. In the same village, Maulvi Ishtiaq casts a ballot.

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