Two Kashmiri Doctors Arrested in Explosives Seizure

In a joint operation by Jammu and Kashmir Police and Haryana Police, authorities arrested two Kashmiri doctors on suspicion of terror links and seized approximately 360 kilograms of ammonium nitrate explosives along with weapons and bomb-making materials from a location near Delhi on Monday.

The primary suspect, Dr. Muzammil Shakeel, a faculty member at Al-Falah University in Haryana's Dhouj area about 45 kilometers from the capital, was detained in Faridabad. He faces allegations of involvement in pro-Jaish-e-Mohammed posters found in Srinagar. A second doctor, Dr. Aadil Ahmad Rather, a resident of south Kashmir's Qazigund and former senior resident at Government Medical College in Anantnag until October 2024, was arrested earlier on November 6 in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Rather had been working at a private hospital there after leaving his previous post.

The seizures stemmed from Rather's interrogation, which provided leads to Shakeel's rented accommodation in Faridabad. Police recovered the ammonium nitrate, stored in eight large suitcases, four small ones, and a bucket. Additional items included an assault rifle similar in design to an AK-47 but smaller, with three...