Pulwama: Security personnel interact with a local as they carry out a door-to-door investigations in connection with the ‘white-collar terror module’ following the recent blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, at Koil, in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, Thursday.
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The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday carried out raids at more than a dozen locations across the Valley as part of an ongoing investigation into the Delhi blast case, officials said.
Police have also approached Interpol to issue a Red Corner Notice against Dr. Muzaffar, a Qazigund-based doctor, in connection with the recently busted interstate ‘white-collar’ terror network.
An official said CIK teams have searched 13 locations suspected to have links with the case, since morning. “These searches are part of the ongoing probe into the Delhi blast case,” the official said, adding that some detentions and recoveries are expected during the operation.
The fresh raids follow a sweeping crackdown launched across south Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama districts, where police have searched nearly 700 locations in recent days, in an effort to dismantle what they describe as an “active terror support network.”
A senior police official in Shopian said that extensive searches have been carried out over the last several days at hundreds of premises linked to members and associates of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and relatives of Jammu & Kashmir Nationals Operating from Pakistan (JKNOP), and militant sympathisers.
“Nearly 400 locations were searched across the district,” the official said. “The searches are part of an ongoing crackdown aimed at identifying individuals and networks involved in providing any kind of logistical or financial assistance to terror activities.”
Another senior official in Pulwama said at least 300 raids have been conducted since last week, including fresh searches targeting around 20 JeI activists. He said CIK teams were also involved in several of those operations.
Police say that fresh raids are linked to investigations into the recent blast in Delhi that killed 13 people and injured around 20.
According to officials, the bomber, identified as Dr Umar from Koil village in Pulwama, detonated an explosives-laden car in the Capital. Another local, Dr. Muzamil, who worked at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, was arrested after investigators recovered 358 kg of suspected ammonium nitrate, an assault rifle, magazines, live rounds, a pistol, and bomb-making materials from his rented accommodation in Haryana’s Dhauj area.
Interpol help sought
Jammu and Kashmir Police have sought Interpol’s help to issue a Red Corner Notice against Dr. Muzaffar, a resident of Qazigund, in connection with the recently uncovered interstate “white-collar” terror network. Officials said Dr Muzaffar is the brother of Dr Adil, one of the eight individuals, including three doctors, arrested earlier in the case.
Investigators said Muzaffar’s name surfaced during the interrogation of the arrested suspects. He was reportedly part of a group of doctors, including Dr. Muzammil and Dr. Umar, who travelled to Turkiye in 2021.
Officials added that Muzaffar left India for Dubai in August this year and is now believed to be in Afghanistan.
“Raids will continue,” a police official said, adding that investigators are pursuing multiple leads to trace the wider network behind the attack.
Published on November 13, 2025
