New Delhi: Maulvi Irfan Ahmad Wagay, an imam from Shopian, in Jammu & Kashmir, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the recovery of a huge cache of explosives in Faridabad.

The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) and Srinagar Police, who carried out a joint operation, have identified Irfan as the first lead in the Faridabad-based inter-state terror module case. ADVERTISEMENT

Irfan, who serves as an imam at a local mosque, is suspected to be involved in radicalising a network of doctors and professionals, and linking them to terror groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, India Today reported.

Irfan maintained multiple Telegram and Threema accounts through which he circulated Jaish propaganda. “He also showed Afghan war-time sermons to targeted students,” sources sai

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