Woman doctor arrested from Lucknow in connection to terror module busts in J&K, Haryana, UP

A female doctor from Lucknow has been arrested in connection with an inter-state operation being carried out by the Jammu and Kashmir police and several other police departments against a major terror module.

Dr Shaheen, the arrested woman in question, is the third doctor nabbed by security officials in this case.

According to police, an AK-47 rifle was recovered from Dr Shaheen’s car. She was brought by air to Srinagar for custodial interrogation.

Earlier, Kashmir's Dr Muzammil Ganaie was arrested from Haryana's Faridabad, where he was working as a teacher in a private university.

Another doctor arrested was Dr Adeel Rather, who was picked up from a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur.

All of them were part of a “white collar” terror module involving the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind.

White Collar Terror Module

A high-level joint operation has led to the arrest of eight people, including three doctors, and the seizure of a massive 2,900kg cache of explosives, following the dismantling of a “white collar” terror module operating across several Indian states.

The major breakthrough was achieved following a dedicated 15-day joint operation involving the policing agencies of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana, alongside central intelligence agencies.

Police said that the operation successfully thwarted the destructive intentions of two banned terror groups: Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), an offshoot of ISIS operating in India.

The seized explosives included ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, and sulphur. In a statement, the Jammu and Kashmir police specified that 360 kg of inflammable material — suspected to be ammonium nitrate—and various arms and ammunition were recovered from a rented property in Faridabad belonging to Dr Ganaie.

Recoveries from various locations also included a range of prohibited weaponry:

• A Chinese Star pistol with ammunition.
• A Beretta pistol with ammunition.
• An AK 56 rifle with ammunition.
• An AK Krinkov rifle with ammunition.

Other items recovered consisted of chemicals, reagents, electronic circuits, batteries, wires, remote controls, timers, and metal sheets, all pointing to bomb-making activities.

The investigation was initiated on 19 October after JeM posters were found pasted in the Bunpora Nowgam area of Srinagar, containing threats aimed at police and security personnel.

The J&K Police statement revealed that the investigation uncovered a white collar terror ecosystem, which relied on radicalised students and professionals in contact with foreign handlers operating out of Pakistan and other countries.

Dr. Muzammil Ahmad Ganaie, a teacher at the Al Falah University in Haryana, was the main suspect arrested after the J&K police named him as a wanted person in connection with the Srinagar poster case. Officials noted that several Pakistani phone numbers were discovered on the mobiles of both Dr Ganaie and Dr Adeel, suggesting they were the possible handlers of the network.

Of the eight people detained, seven are from Kashmir:

• Arif Nisar Dar (alias Sahil), Yasir-ul-Ashraf, and Maqsood Ahmad Dar (alias Shahid) from Nowgam, Srinagar.
• Maulvi Irfan Ahmad from Shopian.
• Zameer Ahmad Ahanger (alias Mutlasha) from Wakura, Ganderbal.
• Dr Muzammil Ahmad Ganaie (alias Musaib) from Koil, Pulwama.
• Dr Adeel from Wanpora, Kulgam.

The eighth person, Dr Shaheen, is based in Lucknow.