#JustIn: Jaish Module Was Set to Receive Long-Range Drones From Pakistani Handler: Sources
Jaish-e-Mohammed module planned explosive drone strikes across North India.
Investigators have uncovered a chilling cross-border plot by the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror network, where a sophisticated "white-collar" module comprising doctors and professionals was poised to receive long-range drones from a Pakistani handler, intended for devastating attacks on Indian cities, according to sources familiar with the ongoing National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe.
The conspiracy unraveled on November 10, 2025, when authorities raided a rented residence in Haryana's Faridabad, seizing 2,900 kilograms of high-grade explosives stockpiled by the module. That same evening, a suicide car bomb detonated on a bustling street near Delhi's iconic Red Fort, claiming 15 lives and injuring dozens more, an act traced back to the same network led by JeM operative Dr. Umar Muhammad Nabi.
The drones, each capable of carrying payloads up to 10 kilograms of explosives, were to be smuggled into India in disassembled parts via a front export firm in Pakistan, disguised as an order from a fictitious Indian import company. Once assembled by the Faridabad operatives—many of whom were educated professionals radicalized online—these unmanned aerial vehicles would have flown several kilometers to strike multiple targets simultaneously, mirroring tactics employed by groups like Hamas in recent conflicts.
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Further revelations from the NIA investigation point to a broader blueprint for carnage: the module was manufacturing 200 improvised explosive devices for coordinated blasts across Delhi and other North Indian states, with training provided by a JeM expert handpicked by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). On November 17, the agency arrested Jasir Bilal Wani in Srinagar for his pivotal role in drone modifications and rudimentary rocket development, linking him directly to the Red Fort bomber.
The radicalization of the module's key figures, including several doctors from Al-Falah University in Faridabad, traces back to 2019, orchestrated entirely through encrypted social media channels by handlers in Pakistan and Turkey. This digital grooming of high-achieving individuals represents a tactical evolution in transnational terrorism, bypassing traditional recruitment to infiltrate urban centers undetected.
As NIA teams fan out across multiple states, pursuing leads on 22 identified suspects and issuing airport lookout notices, the foiled plot underscores the urgent need for enhanced cyber vigilance and border surveillance to counter the ISI's expanding proxy operations beyond Jammu and Kashmir.
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