Overview
- NIA has taken over the investigation, conducting searches at Government Medical College Anantnag and locations in Faridabad, seizing explosives and arresting additional suspects including Yasir Ahmad Dar.
- Officials say radicalised doctors and preachers met at Srinagar’s Eidgah in April 2022 to form Ansar Interim, appointing Adeel Rather as ameer, Maulvi Irfan as deputy, and Muzamil Gannie as treasurer.
- Evidence details cross‑state procurement of fertilisers from Sohna and Nuh and NPK from Faridabad in 2023, with TATP prepared at a rented space near Al‑Falah University.
- Investigators identify Dr Umer‑un Nabi as the driver of the explosive‑laden car near the Red Fort on November 10, with findings indicating he planned a VBIED attack in a crowded location before the blast that killed over a dozen.
- The probe was triggered by JeM posters found in Nowgam on October 19, leading to arrests that exposed the network, while at least one suspect remains absconding and further action is expected.