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NIA Raids Across J&K and Lucknow in Expanding Red Fort Blast Probe

Investigators describe a 'white‑collar' support network of professionals and clerics providing logistics, radicalisation and receiving direction from handlers abroad.

Overview

  • The NIA searched eight locations in South Kashmir’s Shopian, Kulgam, Pulwama and Awantipora districts and one site in Lucknow, seizing digital devices and other incriminating material.
  • Officials say seven key suspects have been arrested so far in the Red Fort car‑bombing investigation, which they attribute to a VBIED driven by Dr Umar Nabi.
  • Searches last week at Al‑Falah University‑linked premises recovered cash, foreign currency and gold, building on an earlier Faridabad bust tied to the case that uncovered roughly 2,900 kg of explosive material.
  • A Delhi court sent Al‑Falah Group chairperson Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui to 14 days’ judicial custody in a money‑laundering case arising from financial enquiries connected to the blast probe.
  • In a separate operation, Delhi Police Special Cell arrested three suspects in a Pakistan‑linked module for a November 25 grenade attack outside Gurdaspur City Police Station, recovering a pistol, ammunition and phones with incriminating chats.