Srinagar, Jan 25 (NationPress) An Interpol red corner notice is anticipated to be issued shortly against Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, a Kashmiri from South Kashmir, who is implicated in the conspiracy surrounding the Red Fort terror attack.

According to official sources, a request for the red corner notice has already been submitted to Interpol concerning Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, who departed India in August 2025, just prior to the execution of the Red Fort attack.

Dr Rather is identified as a key player in a white-collar terror module, emerging as a co-conspirator who provided essential logistical support and funding from Afghan territory for the catastrophic blast on November 10 near Delhi's Red Fort, which resulted in the deaths of 12 innocent civilians and injuries to 32 others.

A special NIA court has already declared Dr Rather a proclaimed offender.

Officials indicated that the process for the Interpol notice against Dr Rather is currently underway. He is believed to have aided in logistics, funding, communication, and planning for Dr Umar-un-Nabi, the driver of the explosive-laden vehicle that detonated outside the Red Fort on November 10 of the previous year.

Dr Rather has been identified as a principal co-conspirator who orchestrated the attack from overseas after fleeing India.

Investigators have traced a complex network of logistics, encrypted communications, and radicalization efforts that lead to safe havens in Afghanistan, where Dr Rather is suspected to be currently located.

Dr Umar executed the suicide attack with Dr Rather's assistance and support from handlers based in Afghanistan. Dr Rather played a pivotal role, especially in terms of liaison and funding.

He maintained constant communication with the terrorists and facilitated their correspondence with Afghan-based handlers for bomb-making information and operational strategies.

He left India in mid-August last year, shortly before the Delhi bombing, initially traveling to Dubai before crossing into Afghanistan, where he is believed to be in hiding.

Interrogations of other apprehended individuals in the white-collar terror module revealed that Dr Rather was instrumental in raising funds for the terror plot, contributing around Rs 6 lakh to the financial resources.

In 2021, Dr Rather traveled to Turkey with Dr Muzammil Ahmad Ganai and Dr Umar, primarily to establish connections with external handlers and as a potential transition to Afghanistan.

While they did not enter Afghanistan during that visit, it is viewed as part of their radicalization and preparatory activities, according to officials.

Post-trip, Dr Rather, Dr Umar, and Ganai, who was an educator at Al Falah University in Faridabad, began amassing significant quantities of chemicals from the open market, including 360 kg of ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, and sulfur, with much of it stored close to the university campus.

The terror scheme unraveled when investigations by the Srinagar police led to Ganai’s arrest and the confiscation of explosives, likely causing Umar to panic, resulting in the ‘premature’ explosion outside the Red Fort.

The intricate inter-state terror network was uncovered following a notable incident involving the appearance of JeM posters in Bunpora, Nowgam, on the outskirts of Srinagar, on October 19 last year.

The Srinagar police filed a case and reviewed CCTV footage, which resulted in the arrest of three locals, Arif Nisar Dar alias Sahil, Yasir-ul-Ashraf, and Maqsood Ahmad Dar alias Shahid, all of whom had prior incidents of stone-pelting.

Their interrogations led to the capture of Maulvi Irfan Ahmad, a former paramedic turned Imam from Shopian, who allegedly distributed the posters and exploited his access to radicalize the doctors.

This investigation directed officials to Al Falah University in Faridabad, Haryana, where Ganai was arrested, and 2,900 kg of explosive materials were confiscated in November.

Additionally, a female doctor employed at Al Falah University in Lucknow was also detained as part of the white-collar terror network.