Police raid Srinagar mosques, madrassas in crackdown on ‘terror-linked networks’ after Red Fort blast

During the searches, police said they inspected digital devices, documents, and other material. “The searches form part of a continued effort to dismantle the terror support ecosystem in Srinagar and to prevent any conspiratorial or unlawful acts aimed at disturbing peace and public order,” the J&K Police said.

These searches will continue “wherever credible inputs indicate the presence of individuals or materials linked to terror or radicalised activities prejudicial to the security of the nation”, police said.

Since the blast near the Red Fort in Delhi on November 10, the police in J&K have conducted widespread raids, including on Jamaat affiliates in the Kashmir Valley.

The blast was linked to a terror module that the J&K Police had been investigating previously. During that investigation, police said they recovered nearly 3,000 kg of explosives-making material from locations including Uttar Pradesh’s Faridabad. The module allegedly included doctors working at Al Falah Medical College in Faridabad.

The seized explosives subsequently blew up at the Nowgam police station on the outskirts of Srinagar on November 14 during sampling by Forensic Scientific Lab officials, killing nine people and injuring 32.