White Collar Terror Module: GMC Anantnag MD Medicine medico released after interrogation

Srinagar: A Rohtak-based female doctor, currently pursuing her MD in General Medicine at Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag, was recently detained for several hours for questioning in connection with an alleged “white-collar” terror module linked to the 10/11 bomb blast near Delhi’s Red Fort area. Her brother stated that the intelligence officials questioned her as part of a routine procedure and released her later.

The terror module reportedly has links from Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi. The doctor’s name surfaced after a former staff member at GMC Anantnag was arrested. During his interrogation, he named several people suspected of providing logistical and financial support to the module. When investigators checked his call records, they found the woman doctor’s name in it.

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After her name appeared in the investigation, J&K Police’s counter-intelligence officers raided her hostel accommodation, seized her mobile phone and SIM card for forensic tests, and took her for questioning. Although she has been released, the mobile phone is still with the police for further forensic examination, as reported by India Today.

According to media reports, the doctor completed her MBBS from Bhagat Phool Singh Medical College for Women in Sonepat’s Khanpur Kalan. She works as a medical officer at Dighal Community Health Centre in Jhajjar and took admission to GMC Anantnag for her MD in 2023.

The doctor's family members strongly denied any terror links. Her brother clarified that she was taken in for routine questioning by the authorities and was released afterwards. He said that they only asked basic questions about where she did her MBBS, her background, how she is studying there and about her family.

Interacting with HT at their house in Rohtak, her brother said, "My sister, a medical officer at Jhajjar’s Dighal community, has been pursuing postgraduation in medicine from the government medical college in Anantnag after taking leave in 2023. Around 9 pm on Saturday, I was talking to her on a video call when she suddenly told me that some investigators had reached her hostel in Anantnag, and the phone was disconnected. After some time, my brother-in-law, a doctor in Bhiwani, called me and told me that some agency officials had picked her up for questioning. Later in the night, she called us and informed us that investigators had taken her mobile phone, and the same was sent for forensic examination."

He added, "The investigators asked my sister about links with Dr ***, who is accused in the terror case, and she told them that he was her senior in the same college and department. She has nothing to do with this case. She knew him as he was her senior in the same department, and she never indulged in any unethical practices. We are saddened after seeing some fake news reports related to her accommodation. She was living in the medical college hostel and never took rented accommodation. If investigators call my sister again, she will cooperate with them. She went there to pursue her education and not to indulge in anti-national activities."

Meanwhile, following leads from Kashmir, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) is investigating around 200 Kashmiri-origin medical students and doctors in Uttar Pradesh. The ATS has contacted colleges and universities in Lucknow, Kanpur, Meerut, Saharanpur, and other cities as part of the probe into a "white-collar" terror module. Several doctors have been detained from Haryana, and others from Al-Falah University in Faridabad, suspected of links to terror groups.

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