How Did Investigating Agencies Get First Lead In JeM's Multi-State Terror Network Involving Kashmiri Doctors?

New Delhi: Two days after the Delhi Red Fort blast that killed at least 12 people, investigating agencies have received their first lead into Jaish-e-Mohammad’s multi-state terror network involving Kashmiri

doctors after JeM posters had surfaced in Srinagar’s Nowgam district last month, in October.According to the TOI, after security agencies received the first lead into JeM’s multi-state terror network, the probe led to the unearthing of a massive cache of over 2,900 kg of explosives, including ammonium nitrate, bomb-making material, and AK-series rifles. The JeM posters that had surfaced in Nowgam had threatened attacks against security forces.The seizure of 2,900 kg of explosives uncovered a “white collar” terror module involving the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and spanning Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.Ammonium Nitrate is a dual-use chemical, widely valued as a popular nitrogen fertiliser and used extensively in the construction sector for controlled blasting in stone quarries.Security agencies are now focused on how a sophisticated "white-collar" terror module managed to acquire and store a huge quantity of explosives, including Ammonium Nitrate, the substance suspected to have been used in Monday's deadly blast near the Red Fort area that killed 12 people.The attack has once again highlighted the ease with which a restricted chemical like Ammonium Nitrate can be weaponised with officials trying to trace the logistics and procurement network of the recently busted inter-state terror cell.