Red Fort blast module: Probe freezes bank accounts, looks at Telegram chats, role of ‘foreign handlers’

Security agencies probing the Red Fort blast-linked Jaish-e-Mohammad terror module are said to have found a “widespread network” that connects “foreign handlers” in Afghanistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to local operatives, including Umar Nabi whose car exploded killing at least 12 people, The Indian Express has learnt. Bank accounts amounting to over Rs 2 lakh have been frozen and investigators are exploring digital trails of calls, chats and fund routes.

At least two “handlers” have been identified as Faisal Ishfaq Bhat and Dr Ukasha, both currently believed to be in PoK and Afghanistan, sources said.

A third has been identified as Hashim who, investigators said, has been in touch with the now arrested cleric, Maulvi Irfan Ahmad Wagay, and some of the module’s members via Telegra