NSGs take samples from Nowgam
Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Nov 16: The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) today conducted searches at the residence of a doctor in Anantnag district in connection with the ‘white collar terror module’ case.
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The raid was carried out by the CIK sleuths at Malaknag in Anantnag area last night.
An official said that during the searches, the CIK personnel found that a female doctor hailing from Haryana was residing in the house as a tenant.
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The CIK seized a mobile phone from the house and took it for forensic analysis.
Meanwhile, Bilal Ahmad Wani, a dry fruit seller who, along with his son Jasir Bilal, was picked up by police for questioning in connection with the terror module case, tried to set himself on fire in the Qazigund area.
Ahmad was rushed to the GMC, Anantnag, for the treatment of burns, and his condition was stated to be stable. His son remained in custody for questioning.
Wani is a neighbour of Dr Muzaffar Rather, who has emerged as a key accused in the ‘white collar terror module’ case.
While Muzaffar is currently believed to be in Afghanistan, his younger brother, Dr Adeel Rather, was arrested from the Saharanpur area of Uttar Pradesh on November 6.
In the meantime, a Bomb Disposal Squad of the National Security Guard (NSG) today reached the blast site in Nowgam that killed 9 people and injured 32 others after a stockpile of seized explosives from doctors’ module went off accidentally inside the Police Station on Friday night.
The official said that the Bomb Disposal Squad conducted an inspection of blast site to find out the reason behind the accidental blast.
He said that the bomb squad collected samples and also interacted with officials present at the blast site for further investigation.
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