Srinagar/Gurugram, Nov. 11 -- The Jammu & Kashmir Police, in coordination with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Faridabad Police, said they foiled a terror plot by recovering around 2,900 kilograms of explosive and inflammable substances, along with assault rifles, ammunition, and IED-making materials from two locations in Faridabad. The raids were carried out based on inputs from interrogations of arrested suspects in J&K. Some explosives were recovered from the residence of Dr Mujahil Shakil, a student of Al Falah Medical College, originally from J&K, who had rented the house in Dhauj about three months ago, said police. "The operation that has led to the arrest of key operatives and the recovery of a massive cache of arms, ammunition and explosives during coordinated searches in J&K and other states, including Haryana, started on October 19 when J&K Police found JeM posters pasted in different locations of Bunpora in Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar," said a police spokesperson in Srinagar. An FIR was registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Sections 61 (2), 147, 148, 152, 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Section 4/5 of the Explosive Substance Act and Arms Act at Nowgam police station. "Investigation revealed a white collar terror ecosystem, involving radicalised professionals and students in contact with foreign handlers, operating from Pakistan and other countries," the spokesman said. The group was using encrypted channels for indoctrination, coordination, fund movement and logistics. "Funds were raised through professional and academic networks under the guise of social and charitable causes. The accused were found involved in identifying people to radicalise, initiate and recruit them to terrorist ranks, besides raising funds, arranging logistics, procuring arms/ammunition and material for preparing IEDs," the spokesman said. He said that during the course of investigation, Arif Nisar Dar, alias Sahil, of Nowgam, Yasir-ul-Ashraf of Nowgam and Maqsood Ahmad Dar, alias Shahid, also of Nowgam, besides Irfan Ahmad, the imam of a mosque in Shopian, Zameer Ahmad Ahanger, alias Mutlasha, of Wakura in Ganderbal, Dr Muzammil Ahmad Ganaie, alias Musaib, of Koil, Pulwama, and Dr Aadil Rather of Wanpora, Kulgam, were arrested. According to police officials, the recovery included 14 bags of ammonium nitrate weighing around 100kg, 84 live cartridges, one AK-47 rifle, timers, and 5 litres of chemical solution. A total of 48 items suspected to be used for assembling improvised explosive devices were seized. Faridabad police commissioner Satender Gupta confirmed that the operation was executed by the J&K Police and the IB team with assistance from the local police. "It's not RDX, as reported initially, but ammonium nitrate," Gupta clarified. The most significant recovery came on November 10, when the joint team discovered another 2,563kg of ammonium nitrate from Dehar Colony in Fatehpur Taga, a property owned by Maulana Mohammad Istaq, who has been serving as a mosque cleric in Faridabad for over two decades. Faridabad police said Dr Shakil was taken into custody by the J&K Police on October 30, following the arrest of Dr Adil Ahmad Rather, another accused linked to the same terror network. After sustained interrogation, Shakil was brought back to Faridabad on Sunday morning to identify and recover the hidden materials. Preliminary investigations suggest that both individuals were part of a larger module suspected to have cross-border links aimed at planning large-scale attacks in northern India. A senior officer from the J&K Police described the recovery as "a major breakthrough that may have averted a catastrophic terror attack." He added that initial forensic analysis confirms the material's explosive nature, and further testing is underway....