Srinagar witnessed extensive searches across mosques and madrassas on Thursday (November 27) as the Jammu and Kashmir Police intensified their crackdown on “individuals and networks associated with terrorist organisations”.

According to an official statement, the inspections were aimed at strengthening de-radicalisation efforts and dismantling the broader terror support structure operating in the region, The Indian Express reported.

Search teams, joined by Executive Magistrates and independent witnesses, examined multiple premises to gather material linked to “terror-linked or radical activities inimical to the security and integrity of the Nation”.

Police said digital devices, documents, and various items were scrutinised during the operation.

“The searches form part of a continued effort to dismantle the terror support ecosystem in Srinagar and to prevent any conspiratorial or unlawful acts aimed at disturbing peace and public order,” the J&K Police stated.

Authorities added that similar actions will continue “wherever credible inputs indicate the presence of individuals or materials linked to terror or radicalised activities prejudicial to the security of the nation”.

The heightened activity follows the November 10 blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, after which police in J&K launched widespread raids targeting, among others, Jamaat-linked networks in the Valley.

The Red Fort incident was connected to a terror module previously under investigation, during which police recovered nearly 3,000 kg of explosive-making material from locations including Faridabad in Uttar Pradesh. The module allegedly involved doctors associated with Al Falah Medical College in Faridabad.

Tragically, the recovered explosives detonated at the Nowgam police station on November 14 while samples were being analysed by Forensic Scientific Lab officials, leaving nine dead and 32 injured.