New Delhi: In a major anti-terror operation, Jammu and Kashmir Police have recovered around 350 kilograms of explosives, an AK-47 rifle, a pistol, and several other weapons from a rented house in Faridabad’s Dhauj village. The residence belonged to a doctor from Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, who has been arrested, officials confirmed.
The operation was carried out jointly by J&K Police and Faridabad Police after the interrogation of another Kashmiri doctor, Adil Ahmad Rather, who had earlier been arrested from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Rather was wanted for allegedly putting up posters supporting the banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Srinagar on October 27.
Addressing the media on Monday, Faridabad Police Commissioner Satender Kumar Gupta said, “Based on information provided by the arrested suspect, our teams traced Dr Mujammil Shakeel, also known as Mujahil or Muzammil Shakeel, to a rented accommodation in Dhauj. During the search, we recovered about 350 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, an AK-47 rifle, a pistol, three magazines, 20 electronic timers, a walkie-talkie set, and several rounds of ammunition.”
Gupta clarified that the recovered material was ammonium nitrate, not RDX as some reports had claimed. He added that Dr Shakeel, who was employed at Al-Falah Hospital in Faridabad, had rented the house three months ago. “Both doctors are being questioned about their links and the purpose of storing such a large quantity of explosives,” he said.
Earlier, Jammu and Kashmir Police had recovered another AK-47 rifle and ammunition from a locker belonging to Dr Rather at the Government Medical College in Anantnag, where he had served as a senior resident until last year.
Investigators are now probing how such a large stockpile of explosives was moved to the National Capital Region and whether the men had links to any terror networks. “The case is under investigation, and more arrests are likely,” Gupta said.
