Kashmir imam held in alleged radicalisation drive targeting doctors

SRINAGAR: A Kashmiri cleric who doubled arsenic a paramedic astatine Srinagar’s Govt Medical College has been arrested for allegedly driving a “white-collar” violent module that targeted aesculapian students and young doctors — immoderate of whom are suspects successful the web busted successful Faridabad hours earlier Monday’s car blast successful New Delhi.Moulvi Irfan Ahmad Wagay, besides known arsenic Imam Irfan, from Shopian successful southbound Kashmir allegedly utilized his entree astatine GMC and his supplication sessions successful Srinagar’s Nowgam to scope students, place those seen arsenic susceptible, and propulsion them toward radicalisation, sources said Tuesday.Sources described him arsenic a “key figure” who allegedly built and expanded a web that recruited aesculapian professionals, raised funds, arranged logistics, and procured worldly for IEDs.

Electronic devices were seized from his location during searches, according to constabulary sources.The probe began aft Jaish-e-Mohammed posters surfaced successful Bunpora Nowgam connected Oct 19, carrying threats against constabulary and information forces. A lawsuit was registered nether UAPA, Explosive Substances Act, and Arms Act astatine Nowgam constabulary station.As investigators followed the trail, 3 alleged associates from Nowgam — Arif Nisar Dar alias Sahil, Yasir-ul-Ashraf, and Maqsood Ahmad Dar alias Shahid — were arrested. Police said roles of much suspects person emerged and volition beryllium pursued during ongoing inquiries.Financial flows linked to the module are nether scrutiny, and constabulary teams are questioning relatives and friends of the accused to representation the wider network, officials said.