3 docs, preachers’ NIA custody extended
New Delhi, Dec 8:
The Faridabad module was formed with the intention of carrying a series of blasts in and around Delhi, investigations have found. The ongoing investigation has now revealed that, along with causing terror in the form of multiple blasts, attempts were being made to revive separatism in Jammu and Kashmir.
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An official said that post the abrogation of Article 370, separatism in Kashmir ended. While inclusiveness was one of the main reasons for separatism to die, a host of money laundering cases also marked the end of the problem.
An official investigating the Faridabad module said that their probe found that serious attempts were being made to revive separatism in the Valley. The various raids that have been conducted in Jammu and Kashmir have led to the seizure of incriminating material, which included literature of banned separatist outfits.
Mufti Irfan Ahmed, the mastermind of the Faridabad module, during his interrogation, said that attempts were being made to revive separatism in Jammu and Kashmir. The police have found plenty of material suggesting the same. The idea was to take Jammu and Kashmir to the pre-2019 days, where separatists were thriving in the Valley.
These persons were instrumental in ensuring that the youth took up arms. With now separatism gone, the number of recruitments into terror groups such as the Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Toiba or Hizbul Mujahideen has gone down considerably.
An Intelligence Bureau official explained that the end of separatism meant the end of the ideology. There is no one to instigate the youth to take up arms. The Indian Government has instead been insisting that the youth of Kashmir indulge in constructive activities. Further, there has been a major push by the Government, which has revived tourism in a big way. The Pahalgam attack was staged by Pakistan to scare away the tourists, and it did work briefly.
Meanwhile, a Delhi court on Monday extended the NIA custody of three doctors and a preacher, who were arrested in connection with the November 10 Red Fort blast case, by four days.
All four accused — Dr Muzammil Ganai, Dr Adeel Rather, Dr Shaheena Saeed and Maulvi Irfan Ahmed Wagay — were produced before Principal and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna on the expiry of their 10-day NIA custody granted on November 29.
Mediapersons were barred from covering the court proceedings, which were held under tight security in and around the Patiala House district court premises.
Till now, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made seven arrests in the case, which is linked to a ‘white-collar’ terror module busted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
“The agency continues to pursue various leads in connection with the suicide bombing, and has been conducting searches across States in coordination with the respective police forces to identify and track the others involved in the gruesome attack,” the agency said in a statement earlier.
Dr Umar-un-Nabi was driving the explosives-laden i20 car that detonated outside the Red Fort on November 10, killing 15 people and injuring several others.
PTI had earlier reported that the sophisticated terror module spearheaded by a group of doctors had been actively scouting for a suicide bomber since last year, with Umar being the alleged key planner. (Agencies)
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