Overview
- Police say five suspects are in custody, including Pakistani operatives Abdullah alias Abu Hureira and Usman alias Khubaib, along with three Srinagar residents accused of providing shelter and transport.
- Teams carried out coordinated searches at 19 locations across Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Rajasthan, with actions linked to Punjab, and uncovered forged Indian IDs and travel documents used to embed operatives.
- Investigators recovered a large cache of weapons from hideouts, including multiple AK‑series rifles, an AK‑Krinkov, pistols, grenades and electronic evidence tied to the network.
- A special court in Srinagar ordered 10 days of police custody for the two Pakistani suspects and a local aide, and sources say the probe now spans dozens of detainees with the NIA expected to take over.
- Officials say the pair helped handle and direct about 40 foreign militants over the years, and one foreign operative used forged papers to travel abroad, pointing to likely follow‑up on document rackets and funding routes.