New Delhi, Nov 13: The doctors arrested in connection with the “white-collar terror module” had raised more than Rs 26 lakh to procure materials used in the deadly blast near Red Fort, an official said on Thursday.

The four suspects — including ”Dr Muzammil Ganaie, Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather, Dr Shaheen Sayeed and Dr Umar Nabi — had pooled in the amount in cash, which was handed over to Dr Umar for safekeeping and operational use, they said.

Dr Umar — who hailed from Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama and was an assistant professor at Al Falah University in Haryana’s Faridabad — was behind the wheels of the Hyundai i20 that exploded in the busy Red Fort area on Monday evening.

Investigators believe the fund was linked to a larger terror conspiracy.

Using the pooled money, the group had allegedly

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