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According to police, the suspects are part of a "white-collar terror network", including educated individuals and professionals engaged in terrorist activities.

Shaheen told the J&K Police during interrogation that they had been collecting explosives for the last two years.

This came after the police suspected that Dr Umar Nabi Bhat as the leader of the “white-collar group” of doctors in a terror module busted days before the Red Fort blast in Delhi.

Over 360 kg of explosives and an assault rifle were recovered from his room. Four kilometres away, in Fatehpur Taga village, 2,563 kg of suspected ammonium nitrate was recovered from the home of a Maulana.

The Delhi Police is conducting raids at multiple locations. The national capital has been put on high alert with strict vigil being maintained at the airport, railway stations and bus terminals.

Officials suspect Umar triggered the explosion after the arrests of two Pulwama doctors in Faridabad, where 2,900 kg of explosives were seized. Multiple agencies, including NIA and Delhi Police, are probing the coordinated terror plot.

A Hyundai i20 registered to Gurugram resident Salman was used in the Red Fort blast that killed ten people. Hours earlier, 2,900 kg of explosives were seized from Faridabad, raising suspicion of connected terror operations.