White-Collar Terror Web Widens: J&K Doctor Duo Held in UP as Probe Reveals Multi-City Blast Plot Linked to JeM

Lucknow / New Delhi:
A senior medical professor and a cardiology trainee from Jammu & Kashmir were picked up in Uttar Pradesh as the Delhi blast investigation ballooned into a nationwide manhunt, with intelligence agencies warning that the suspects had prepared blueprints for coordinated explosions across at least four major Indian cities.

In a parallel development, the Centre on Thursday ordered a forensic audit of Al Falah University, now at the heart of the probe, while the Enforcement Directorate and other financial sleuths were tasked with tracing suspicious fund movements linked to the Haryana-based institution.

The car bomb outside Red Fort on Monday night, which killed 14 people and left more than two dozen injured, has exposed what investigators now describe as an “interstate white-collar extremist syndicate” driven largely by highly educated professionals in medicine.

Key Arrests: Doctors From Hapur and Kanpur were Picked Up

Dr Farukh, an Assistant Professor in the Obstetrics department of Hapur’s GS Medical College and an alumnus of Al Falah University, was detained by Delhi Police late Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the UP ATS apprehended 32-year-old Mohammad Arif Mir, a first-year DM cardiology student at GSVM Medical College, Kanpur.

His rented flat in Ashok Nagar, Nazirabad, was searched, and his laptop and phone were seized for deep forensic imaging before he was moved to Delhi for questioning.

Arif, a resident of the Khagur Sadiwara area of Anantnag, reportedly came under the radar after disclosures by former GSVM professor Dr Shaheen Sayeed, already arrested for her alleged involvement in the module.

Digital Footprints: How the Terror Plot Was Coordinated

Investigators reconstructed the last movements of Dr Umar Nabi, who drove the explosive-laden Hyundai i20, by studying feeds from over 50 CCTV cameras across Haryana and Delhi.

Probes show the accused used:

• Threema, a Switzerland-based encrypted app
• A Signal group created by Umar
• Multiple burner devices
• Cash pools amounting to ₹26 lakh, handed to Umar for IED procurement and logistics

The group allegedly purchased 26 quintals of NPK fertiliser from dealers in Nuh, Gurugram, and adjoining areas — a key component in improvised explosive devices.

Officials said at least eight members planned to split into pairs and execute bombings in four major cities, with coded references and numerical charts found in notebooks recovered from Room 13 (Dr Muzammil) and Room 4 (Dr Umar) in Al Falah University hostel.

These logs — filled with ciphers, timelines, and chemical notes — pointed to a meticulously built “white-coat terror unit”.

Umar’s Last Journey: A Chilling Reconstruction

Footage shows Umar:

• Leaving Faridabad a night before the blast
• Driving cautiously along the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway
• Sleeping inside his car near Firozpur Jhirka
• Avoiding crowded areas
• Entering Delhi via the Badarpur border at 8:02 AM on November 10

At the Badarpur toll booth, cameras captured him paying cash before heading toward Red Fort — the final leg of his fatal mission.

Police sensors later confirmed that the human remains recovered from the i20 belonged to Umar, after matching DNA samples with those of his mother and brother.

JeM Link Strengthens: December 6 Attacks Were Being Readied

Central agencies, including the NIA and CBI, have now taken over critical layers of the probe.

Intelligence officials claim the group had elected December 6 — the anniversary of the Babri demolition — for multiple blasts across NCR.

A senior official revealed that the first car seized, a Swift Dzire, belonged to Dr Shaheen Shahid, though it was driven by Dr Mujammil Ahamed.

Officials also confirmed that the terror module was guided remotely by Afeera Bibi, a Pakistan-occupied Kashmir–based JeM commander, linked to Masood Azhar’s sister, Sadia.
Afeera is reportedly married to JeM handler Muhammad Umar, killed after the Pulwama attack.

Interpol Notice Sought Against Dr Muzaffar

In Srinagar, police have requested Interpol to issue a Red Corner Notice against Dr Muzaffar Rather, brother of the accused Dr Adeel Rather. He allegedly travelled to Turkey in 2021 with Dr Muzammil and Dr Umar during their radicalisation phase.

He fled India in August and is currently suspected to be in Afghanistan.

Raids Across Kashmir: Dozens Detained, Devices Seized

Over 500 individuals have been questioned in Kashmir as part of the widening terror probe.

Wednesday night, police detained three individuals from Pulwama — Fida Hussain Sofi, Ziyal-ul-Haq, and Prince Ahmad Bhat — and recovered:

• Smartphones
• Tablets
• Laptops
• iPads
• Two dozen digital storage devices

Dozens of raids were conducted across the Valley as security forces strengthened checkpoints, patrolling, and surveillance along the Srinagar–Jammu highway, railway nodes, and border belts.

The region has been on high alert for the third consecutive day since the Red Fort blast.

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