Srinagar, Feb 15: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have uncovered a “white-collar” terror module indicating that radicalised doctors formed a new terror group, “Ansar Interim,” to carry out subversive activities in the Union Territory and beyond. The case is now under investigation by the National Investigation Agency.

Officials said Dr Umer-un-Nabi, who was behind the VBIED attack outside the Red Fort in November 2022, had attempted to join terror groups in 2016 and 2018. Along with doctors Muzamil Gannie, Adeel Rather, and his brother Muzzafar Rather, and preachers Maulvi Irfan, Qari Aamir, and Tufail Gazi, they planned the formation of “Ansar Interim” in April 2022 at Eidgah, Srinagar.
Operational roles were assigned: Adeel as Ameer (chief), Maulvi Irfan as Deputy Ameer, and Gannie as treasurer. The group procured explosives, including TATP, and attempted to recruit members for attacks in Kashmir, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.
Investigations revealed a wider network facilitated through radicalisation, online training, and inter-state coordination. The case came to light after JeM posters appeared in Bunpora, Srinagar, leading to the arrest of local youths whose interrogation revealed the group’s activities and links to radicalised doctors.