J-K police detain Haryana preacher Maulvi Ishtiyaq in Faridabad terror module

J-K police detain Haryana preacher Maulvi Ishtiyaq in ‘white collar’ Faridabad terror module case

,The Jammu and Kashmir Police detained a preacher from Mewat in Haryana in connection with the 'white collar' terror module operating from a university in Faridabad, officials said on Wednesday.

The preacher was identified as Maulvi Ishtiyaq. According to news agency PTI, Ishtiyaq was staying in a rented house within the Al Falah University complex in Faridabad. It was from his home that police had recovered more than 2,500 kg of ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate and sulphur.

Ishtiyaq was brought to Srinagar. He is likely to be placed under arrest.

He will be the ninth person to be nabbed in the case by police, which carried out an interstate raids on November 10 along with their counterparts in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, to unravel a 'white-collar' terror network of banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind.

The explosive material was stored at his rented residence by Dr Muzammil Ganaie alias Musaib and Dr Umar Nabi, the man who was driving an explosives laden car which detonated outside Red Fort on Monday evening killing 12 people.

(With inputs from agencies)

Source: LiveMint
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