Five Doctors Detained in Uttar Pradesh for Questioning

Connection to Jaish-e-Mohammed Module

Lucknow: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has detained five additional doctors from Kashmir who are currently practicing in hospitals across Saharanpur, Deoband, and Shamli districts of Uttar Pradesh. These doctors are believed to have connections with a previously arrested doctor linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) module that was exposed in Faridabad.

Employment and Detainment Details

According to ATS officials, these detained doctors are employed at private healthcare facilities in the mentioned districts, although their identities have not been disclosed. The ATS has indicated that the group maintained regular communication with the earlier arrested doctor. While the investigation in Uttar Pradesh continues, another unit of the ATS has been dispatched to Uttarakhand to locate an associate of the female doctor implicated in the case.

Investigation Findings

During the ongoing investigation, the ATS uncovered that the elder brother of the male doctor arrested for his association with the JeM module has been operating the module from Dubai for the past five years. He was responsible for arranging funding, travel, and logistics for module members while serving as a liaison between a Turkish handler and the Indian network. Under his guidance, the “terror-linked doctors” had been accumulating materials necessary for a terror plot over the past three years. In response to these findings, the Jammu & Kashmir Police have issued a Red Corner Notice for him.

Additional Connections to the Module

The ATS has also identified a Lucknow-based doctor, who is the brother of the female doctor already in custody, as being involved with the same module. He reportedly opted for night shifts to facilitate the conspiracy. Prof. Haris Ahmad Siddiqui, the registrar of the private university in Lucknow where this doctor worked, stated, as reported by TOI, “He had joined the institution in July 2021 as a senior resident doctor and worked mostly night duties during his first year.”

Ongoing Operations and Evidence Collection

A source involved in the investigation noted, “We are conducting the operation based on the interrogation of Dr. *** and some evidence which emerged during the forensic audit of the gadgets recovered from him.”