India, Nov. 10 -- Around 2,563 kilograms of ammonium nitrate were recovered from a house in Fatehpur Taga village of Faridabad, police said on Monday. According to police, the owner of the house has been detained for questioning.

The development comes a day after the recovery of 360 kilograms of explosives and weapons from a rented house in Dhauj village. The house was occupied by Dr Muzammil Shakil, a 35-year-old physician from Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, who taught at Al-Falah Medical College, police said.

According to Varun Dahiya, assistant commissioner of police (Crime), Faridabad, Dr Shakil had rented the Fatehpur Taga house from the imam about eight months ago.

"We have found two houses that were rented by the accused. The ammon...