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SRINAGAR: J&K police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) detained Saturday a man from Srinagar’s Batamaloo area for allegedly circulating posters threatening police and security forces in mid-Oct — material that later helped expose an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed inter-state terrorist module involving doctors and others.Police sources said he was detained in connection with the Jaish posters that surfaced on Oct 17 in Bonpora, warning security personnel. Saturday’s detention marks SIA’s first action since it assumed control of the poster probe from J&K police.The man is also suspected of being a conduit in delivering an AK-47 rifle to Dr Adeel Majeed Rather, an accused in the transnational network linked to the Nov 10 car explosion in New Delhi. The weapon was discovered in a locker assigned to Adeel at Govt Medical College (GMC) in Anantnag, where he worked as a resident doctor before moving to a private hospital in UP’s Saharanpur. Adeel was arrested when police forces from J&K, UP and Haryana busted the alleged JeM module of medics before the Delhi blast.Earlier, the posters led to the detention of three youths, whose interrogation resulted in the arrest of suspect Moulvi Irfan Ahmad Wagay, also known as “Mufti Sahab”. The cleric allegedly guided police towards the network.Medical Faculty Association (MFA) of GMC Srinagar condemned Delhi blast, saying violence is “painful and disturbing”, and such acts have no acceptance in civilised society. On Saturday, MFA expressed deep concern over the alleged involvement of medics, who it said have “desecrated the sanctity of this noble profession”.
