An interstate terror module that started from a district in Jammu and Kashmir has now emerged with significant international and transnational links. The network comprises radical professionals, including doctors and clerics, with operators operating from union territories, states in India and foreign countries.
Jammu and Kashmir Police has got tremendous success in the investigation started in a poster case. The professionally conducted investigation under the supervision of IGP Kashmir VK Birdi and SSP Sandeep Chakraborty was successful and the conspiracy behind large-scale terrorist attacks was exposed and thousands of lives were saved.
The initial case arose from an FIR lodged last month after Jaish posters threatening security forces were found in Naugam. The police investigation revealed a network of radicalized individuals, including professionals and students, some of whom were in contact with handlers in Pakistan.
The module is linked to banned terrorist organizations Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), which are based in Pakistan. The investigation revealed that the operators were in contact with cross-border operators using encrypted communication channels. Financial investigation is underway to trace the flow of money from abroad.
What started as a single module operating in various Indian states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, has been found to have an ecosystem operating from Pakistan and potentially other countries. Security has been tightened at borders like the Nepal border to prevent suspects from fleeing the country.
A key feature of this network is the radicalization of highly educated professionals, including many doctors from Al-Falah University in Faridabad. One woman doctor arrested, Dr Shaheen Shahid, is believed to be the commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed’s women’s wing, which took command from Masood Azhar’s sister Sadia Azhar.
Coordinated operations across multiple states resulted in the recovery of a huge cache of over 2,900 kg of IED-making material, arms and ammunition, indicating a sophisticated and well-equipped operation.
The case exemplifies the evolving nature of terrorism, where domestic modules are establishing increasingly sophisticated links with international terrorist organizations for planning, funding and logistics. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the investigation to further probe the wider conspiracy.
Kashmir Police is conducting a comprehensive, ongoing operation and large-scale raids today, November 12, 2025, targeting “white-collar” terror modules linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH). The operation spread across the Kashmir Valley and other states, leading to the detention of more people and recovery of incriminating material.
Coordinated raids are being actively conducted in at least four districts of Kashmir Valley including Anantnag, Kulgam, Ganderbal and Shopian. The operations focus on dismantling the entire terrorist support network and overground worker (OGW) ecosystem.
During the ongoing crackdown, police have detained around 150 persons in the Kashmir Valley for questioning about their suspected terror links. Many people are being held under preventive detention laws.
The main focus of today’s raids is on members and associates of the banned organization Jamaat-e-Islami, who are suspected of providing support to the terrorist network. Police raided around 200 places in Kulgam district alone.
A preacher/Imam Maulvi Ishtiaq was detained today from Faridabad, Haryana and taken to Srinagar for questioning. He lived in a rented accommodation on the Al Falah University campus where a large cache of explosives was found earlier this week.
Authorities have seized a large quantity of incriminating material including digital gadgets, documents and printed material containing links to banned organizations during searches today.
The multi-agency investigation, which now includes the National Investigation Agency (NIA), is probing the international links of the module, including possible connections to Turkey, and a detailed financial investigation is underway to trace the funding channels.
Authorities continue to stress that the investigation is a high-priority operation, and more arrests are expected as they uncover the full reach of the network of radicalized professionals.
Recent investigations into “inter-state terror modules” in India have revealed direct links with Pakistan-based handlers and terror organisations, highlighting a significant Pakistani role in operating and directing these networks.
Key findings of the police investigation indicate that Pakistan-based entities are allegedly involved. Pakistan-based handlers are using social media and encrypted channels to radicalize and recruit individuals within India, including highly educated professionals such as doctors and academics.
The individuals arrested as part of the module were reportedly in direct contact with their handlers in Pakistan, and were receiving instructions for their activities.
The funds were reportedly raised through professional and academic networks under the guise of charitable work, with the network providing logistical support and materials to prepare IEDs.
The formation of an elite wing like Jamaat-ul-Mominat, the women’s recruitment wing of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), was announced through letters by UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar, who is based in Pakistan.
Indian officials and security experts often describe such modules as part of Pakistan’s strategy to use terrorism as a proxy war to destabilize India and incite communal violence.
The “inter-state” nature of the module, spread across regions such as Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, suggests a deliberate effort by Pakistan-based operators to create a broader network operating beyond traditional conflict zones. This network has been linked to the recent car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort in which several people were killed.
Recent security assessments by Indian intelligence agencies suggest that there is a “quadrilateral alignment” between Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal in covert operations, linking Pakistan-based terror modules to all three countries.
The “white collar module” cases in India have confirmed that the arrested individuals were in direct contact with their handlers and terrorist leadership in Pakistan, who hatched the conspiracy and provided instructions.
Intelligence reports suggest using Turkish funding routes within Bangladesh and Nepal to support emerging terrorist groups. Turkish intelligence is reportedly involved in financing certain activities and infrastructure for Islamist groups such as Jamaat-e-Islami in Dhaka.
Following counter-terrorism operations by India such as “Operation Sindoor”, there have been warnings that Pakistan planned to strategically shift some of its operational terror bases to Bangladesh and Nepal, taking advantage of these countries’ proximity to India’s vulnerable borders.
Indian officials believe that Pakistan and Turkey are coordinating ideological and operational activities in Bangladesh and Nepal, with funds, weapons and extremist propaganda being transferred to Bangladesh.
Turkey’s growing defense and political partnership with Bangladesh, as well as its strengthened relationship with Pakistan, is viewed by India as a significant security concern, aimed at challenging India’s regional influence and potentially destabilizing the region.
In short, while the primary operators reside in Pakistan, the broader network is reportedly facilitated through a strategic alignment that includes Turkey and Bangladesh as transit or logistics hubs.
The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police will now investigate a major interstate terror network. These investigations are part of broader efforts against terror networks, which also include an investigation into a car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, potentially linked to a terror plot.
