360 kg of bomb-making chemicals and a firearm were found at a medical institution close to Delhi.

An assault rifle, a sizable cache of weapons and ammunition, and 360 kilograms of suspected ammonium nitrate—a chemical used to make explosives—were recovered at a medical college in Faridabad, Haryana, during a combined operation by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and Haryana Police. The confiscation came when a Kashmiri doctor who had been detained before in a weapons case made revelations.

Based on evidence given by Dr. Adeel Ahmad Rather during questioning, officials claim that the recovery was made during a raid at Al Falah Hospital in Faridabad. In relation to the case, another physician who works at the same hospital, Muzamil Shakeel, has also been taken into custody.

One assault weapon with three magazines and eighty-three live shots, one handgun with eight live rounds, two empty cartridges, two more magazines, eight large suitcases, four tiny suitcases, and the suspected explosive chemical are among the items that were seized. Additionally, police found about five kilograms of heavy metal, walkie-talkie sets, electric wire, batteries, 20 timers with batteries, 24 remote controls, and other contraband.

According to officials, a Maruti Swift car has also been confiscated and its owner, a female physician at Al Falah Hospital, has been taken into custody for interrogation.

The ammonium nitrate was discovered in a room that Dr. Shakeel had rented in the Dhoj neighborhood of Faridabad, according to investigations. The drug was concealed in eight large and four small luggage when it was given to him around fifteen days ago.

According to early reports, an AK-47 rifle and almost 300 kg of RDX were found in Faridabad. Police then stated that the gun was not an AK-47 and that the recovered item was a chemical compound rather than RDX.

“Haryana police and J&K police are working together on this ongoing operation. Dr. Muzammil, an accused person, was apprehended. Yesterday, 360 kg of combustible material—possibly ammonium nitrate—was found. Satender Kumar, the Faridabad Commissioner of Police, stated, “It is not RDX. J&K Police also said they suspect the material to be a locally procured chemical.

Instead, he is being questioned by authorities for his alleged involvement in the storage and transportation of weapons and explosives. An AK-47 gun and additional ammunition had previously been taken by authorities from his storage in the Kashmir Valley.

According to investigations, Shakeel, a resident of Koil in the Pulwama area, may have assisted in stockpiling the weapons and chemicals that were confiscated in Faridabad.

The two doctors are still being held by the police after being returned to Jammu and Kashmir. The recovery, according to officials, is among the biggest explosives seizures connected to the Valley in recent memory.

A wider probe is now focusing on a network of doctors from Jammu and Kashmir suspected of having links with the banned terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ghazwat-ul-Hind. As security services track down the network responsible for smuggling and storing weapons and explosives outside of the Union Territory, further recoveries and arrests are expected, according to police sources.

Sections 7/25 of the Arms Act and Sections 13, 28, 38, and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) have been used to book the accused.