Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, Nov 22: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) today arrested a man here in connection with a ‘white collar’ terror module case that was busted by police earlier this month.
The arrested person has been identified as Tufail Niyaz Bhat, a resident of the Batamaloo area of Srinagar. “He was arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into the ‘white collar’ terror module case,” an official said.
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The entire module was busted after the Srinagar Police began an investigation into the pasting of posters that threatened police and security forces on walls in Bunpora, Nowgam, in mid-October.
The CCTV footage analysis led to the arrest of the first three suspects — Arif Nisar Dar alias Sahil, Yasir-ul-Ashraf, and Maqsood Ahmad Dar alias Shahid.
Their interrogation led to the arrest of Maulvi Irfan Ahmad, a former paramedic turned Imam, who allegedly supplied the posters and radicalised the doctors.
The trail led the investigators to Al Falah University in Faridabad, where Dr Muzzafar Ganaie and Dr Shaheen Sayeed were arrested, and 2,900 kg of explosive material was seized.
Investigators believe a core trio of doctors — Dr Ganaie, Umar Nabi (the driver of an explosives-laden car that exploded near the Red Fort on November 10, killing 13 people), and Muzzaffar Rather (absconding) — were running the module.
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