Nowgam Blast: Explosives from Faridabad Terror Module Crackdown Linked to Kashmir Explosion

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At least nine people died in an explosion at Jammu and Kashmir's Nowgam police station on Friday, which authorities attributed to an accidental blast while forensic experts were extracting samples from explosives recovered in a crackdown on a terror module in Haryana's Faridabad. The explosives, weighing over 2,900 kilograms, were seized in raids as part of a crackdown on a 'white-collar' terror module linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH). The recovery was made in two villages in Faridabad, where police arrested several individuals, including two clerics and several doctors, for their alleged involvement in the module. The probe into the case, which began after JeM posters warning of a 'spectacular attack' were found in Srinagar, led to the identification of a broader network of urban support cells of JeM and AGuH. The seizures in Faridabad included a 2,563-kilogram consignment of explosives from the house of Hafeez Mohammad Ishtiaq, an imam at the Al Falah mosque in Faridabad's Dhera Colony. The explosion in Nowgam is linked to the same type of explosives stockpiled in Faridabad, which were allegedly used by Dr Umar un Nabi, a medical practitioner and part of the terror module, in a blast in Delhi's Red Fort on November 10. The Red Fort blast killed at least 10 people and is linked to the case registered at Nowgam on October 19. The investigation into the Nowgam blast is ongoing, and authorities are probing how the explosives from Faridabad reached Jammu and Kashmir. The incident has raised concerns about the spread of terror networks and the need for effective counter-terrorism measures to prevent such incidents in the future.