FARIDABAD: The Jammu & Kashmir Police, in coordination with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Faridabad Police on November 10, 2025, have foiled a terror plot by recovering around 350 kg of explosives, an AK-47 rifle, and a large cache of ammunition from a rented accommodation in Dhauj village, Faridabad.
Notably, the operation, which took place on November 9 (Sunday), was carried out based on inputs from interrogations of arrested suspects in J&K. The explosives were recovered from the residence of Dr Muzammil Shakil, a teacher of Al Falah Medical College, originally from J&K, who had rented the house in Dhauj about three months ago, said police.
According to police officials, the recovery included 14 bags of ammonium nitrate weighing around 100kg, 84 live cartridges, one AK-47 rifle, timers, and 5 litres of chemical solution. A total of 48 items suspected to be used for assembling improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were seized.
The massive recovery was made days after police arrested a Kashmiri doctor from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur for allegedly putting up posters supporting terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed in Srinagar.
According to reports, the Faridabad recovery followed revelations made by Dr Adil Ahmad Rather during questioning. According to sources, the explosives and arms were stored with another doctor identified as Mujammil Shakeel. Shakil, also arrested, is from Pulwama in J&K and works at Al-Falah hospital in Faridabad.
Faridabad police commissioner Satender Gupta confirmed that the operation was executed by the J&K Police and the IB team with assistance from the local police.
“It is an ongoing joint operation between Haryana police and J&K police. An accused, Dr Muzammil, was nabbed. 360 kg of inflammable material was recovered yesterday, which is possibly ammonium nitrate. It is not RDX… The operation is still underway,” he said.
Furthermore, he elaborated on the recovered arms and ammunition, including pistols, live cartridges, timers, batteries, walkie-talkie sets, heavy metal, and more.
“One assault rifle with 3 magazines and 83 live rounds, one pistol with 8 live rounds, two empty cartidges, two additional magazines, 8 large suitcases, 4 small suitcases and a bucket from which approx 360 kgs of inflammable material has been recovered. It is suspected to be ammonium nitrate. 20 timers with batteries, 24 remotes,
approximately 5 kg of heavy metal, walkie-talkie sets, electric wiring, batteries, and other contraband materials have been recovered. It is not RDX…It is not an AK-47; it is an assault rifle. It is like an AK-47 but slightly smaller than it. But it is not AK-47…” Faridabad CP Satender Kumar stated.
The arrested accused was a physician at the Al-Falah University in Faridabad, Haryana. CP Gupta said, “This joint operation has been going on for fifteen days… Two accused persons have been booked until now, including Dr Muzsammil from Faridabad, and another accused, Aadil Rather, has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur…”
Aadil Rather was detained after an AK-47 rifle was recovered from his locker at the Government Medical College (GMC) by Srinagar Police, with the assistance of Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) Anantnag. According to Police sources, it was Adil Rather’s confession that led to the arrest of De Muzammil and the recovery of the large amount of expolsives. Further details are awaited.
