The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested a man on Saturday from Srinagar in the ‘white collar’ terror module case, officials said.
The arrested accused, identified as Tufail Niyaz Bhat, is a resident of the Batamaloo area of Srinagar. He was arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into the ‘white collar’ terror module case, the PTI reported, quoting officials.
According to the report, the entire module was busted after the Srinagar Police began an investigation into the pasting of posters threatening police and security forces on walls in Bunpora, Nowgam, in mid-October.
Senior Superintendent of Police (Srinagar) Dr G V Sundeep Chakravarthy led the investigation and 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), and Muzzaffar Rather (absconding) — were running the module.
