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Over the past 26-36 hours, multiple Islamic terror related incidents have happened, one thwarted and the world is on high alert given the severity of the incidents. Let us take a look at what happened across the world just hours ago.

A Converging Timeline of Violence

Syria, 13 December 2025: An Islamic State (ISIS) gunman ambushed a U.S. patrol near Palmyra, killing two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter before being neutralized. The attack served as a stark reminder of ISIS’s enduring insurgency and threat to international forces in the region.

Australia, 14 December 2025: Terrorists opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens in what Australian authorities immediately declared a terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community. The terror attack, which saw one terrorist killed and another critically wounded, was described as an act of antisemitic terror. The terrorists were identified to be of Pakistani origin.

Germany, 19-20 December 2025: In a major counter-terrorism operation, German police arrested five suspected militant Islamists, three Moroccans, an Egyptian, and a Syrian, at the Suben border crossing with Austria. Authorities stated the cell was planning a vehicle-ramming attack on a crowded Christmas market in Bavaria, with prosecutors citing an “Islamist motive.” Reports indicated one suspect, an Egyptian imam, had allegedly used a sermon to call for such an attack.

France, Pre-emptive Security Move: Citing the heightened threat environment, including pressure on resources and specific risks to seasonal gatherings like Christmas markets, the Paris police prefecture cancelled the city’s traditional open-air New Year’s Eve concert on the Champs-Élysées. The decision to scrap the event, which typically draws nearly a million people, was directly attributed to overarching “security concerns” in the context of the global terror alert level.

Analysis: A Persistent Pattern Re-emerges

This cluster of December incidents reflects the evolving yet consistent nature of the Islamist terrorist threat. It demonstrates a blend of tactics:

Asymmetrical Insurgency: The Syria attack represents continued guerrilla-style warfare in conflict zones.

Plots Against Soft Targets: The foiled German plan follows a recurring template of aiming vehicle attacks at high-density civilian gatherings during cultural or religious festivals.

Direct Sectarian Mass Violence: The Bondi Beach shooting exemplifies the trend of direct, deadly assaults on specific religious communities during their holidays.

Security experts note that while the operational scale varies—from lone actors or small cells to more coordinated plots—the ideological driver remains consistent. The timing near religious holidays (Hanukkah, Christmas) also highlights the continued symbolic targeting of Kaffir (non-believer) cultural events by terrorist groups.

A Brutal Historical Pattern Echoed

This recent wave evokes grim precedents, demonstrating a consistent modus operandi of targeting civilians and public spaces.

The 2008 Mumbai Attacks: Often seen as a blueprint for coordinated urban terror, ten terrorists from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) laid siege to India’s financial capital for four days, killing 175 people at hotels, a train station, a café, and a Jewish community center.

The 2023 Nova Festival Massacre: During Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israel, terrorists specifically targeted the Nova music festival near the Gaza border, killing approximately 260 attendees in one of the deadliest single incidents of the conflict.

The 2025 Pahalgam Massacre: In a chilling act of religious targeting, terrorists entered Jammu & Kashmir, India from Pakistan, separated Hindu and Christian tourists from Muslims at a scenic meadow before executing 26 civilians in April 2025 in front of their family members.

An Ideology of Hate and a Common Source of Terror

The bloody events of the past 24-48 hours are not random. They are chapters in a single, grim chronicle written by the ideology of Islamist terror. From the beaches of Sydney to the meadows of Pahalgam and the streets of Mumbai, the script is horrifyingly consistent: the deliberate, systematic hunting of the “Kaffir” – the non-believer.

While the locations change, a sinister thread connects Bondi, Pahalgam, and Mumbai. It is a thread that leads back to Pakistan. It was Pakistani-origin terrorists who carried out the antisemitic slaughter in Sydney. It was terrorists who infiltrated from Pakistan who conducted the religious screening and execution of Hindu and Christian tourists in Pahalgam. It was the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba that orchestrated the 26/11 rampage in Mumbai, specifically targeting places frequented by Westerners, Indians, and Jews.

Whether the terrorist carries a Pakistani passport, a European residency card, or an Australian driver’s licence, the ideological script remains unchanged – Islamist terror.

The ISIS ambush in Syria, the foiled Christmas market plot in Germany, and the cancelled celebrations in Paris are all manifestations of the same expanding threat. This ideology does not seek territory alone; it seeks civilizational rupture. It aims to replace coexistence with fear, tolerance with terror, and multicultural harmony with sectarian purity.

The lesson from December 2025 is stark.
Islamist terrorism does not require a battlefield.
It does not require a provocation.
It requires only an opportunity and a belief system that dehumanises the victim in advance.

Ignoring this ideological through-line has cost lives from Mumbai to Pahalgam to Bondi. Recognising it is not “Islamophobia”; it is the first step toward honest counter-terrorism policy, effective intelligence cooperation, and the protection of civilians whose only “crime” is living outside an extremist’s definition of belief.

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The Real Story Behind Dhurandhar: How Congress-Era De La Rue Scam Compromised India’s National Security With Pakistan Taking Advantage With Fake Currency https://thecommunemag.com/the-real-story-behind-dhurandhar-how-congress-era-de-la-rue-scam-compromised-indias-national-security-with-pakistan-taking-advantage-with-fake-currency/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:39:31 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=135677 The 2025 Hindi film Dhurandhar frames India’s fake currency battle as a familiar intelligence-versus-terror-state narrative. Public records and investigative files, however, reveal a far more uncomfortable reality. According to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) documents, parliamentary records, intelligence assessments, and enforcement agency findings, the most damaging vulnerabilities in India’s currency security system emerged not across […]

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The 2025 Hindi film Dhurandhar frames India’s fake currency battle as a familiar intelligence-versus-terror-state narrative. Public records and investigative files, however, reveal a far more uncomfortable reality. According to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) documents, parliamentary records, intelligence assessments, and enforcement agency findings, the most damaging vulnerabilities in India’s currency security system emerged not across the border, but within India’s own decision-making apparatus.

Taken together, these records point to a chain of policy decisions and administrative compromises that, according to investigators, left India’s currency system vulnerable for years—conditions later exploited by Pakistan-based counterfeit networks.

Part I: The Architectural Gamble – The 2004 Monopoly Contract

Official records trace the origins of this controversy not to a Pakistani printing press, but to policy decisions taken in New Delhi in 2004. P Chidambaram, upon becoming Finance Minister in the first United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, oversaw a critical decision. In July 2004, his ministry authorised the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to enter into exclusivity agreements for certain banknote security features.

By September 2004, a contract was signed. The British firm De La Rue, a global leader in currency printing and security which had a long historical association with printing Pakistani currency, was granted an exclusive contract to supply a colour-shift security thread for Indian banknotes. This thread, a key anti-counterfeiting feature, changes colour when viewed from different angles.

Subsequent CBI findings and internal file notings flagged two structural problems with the contract from the outset. First, they noted that De La Rue did not possess a granted patent for this specific security thread technology at the time the monopoly agreement was signed. The company’s patent application was reportedly filed in June 2004, published in 2009, and only granted in 2011. This meant the legal basis for granting a monopoly on proprietary technology was arguably absent in 2004.

Second, reports citing internal memos stated that the contract lacked stringent exit clauses, locking India into a single-supplier arrangement without a clear mechanism to disengage if performance or security concerns arose.

What makes the arrangement more consequential is that internal objections surfaced early and repeatedly. By 2006, RBI internal notes allegedly flagged that De La Rue did not hold a valid patent. By 2007, the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) was said to have raised similar concerns about the patent status. Despite these internal red flags, the exclusive arrangement with De La Rue continued without competitive bidding.

The CBI’s January 2023 First Information Report (FIR) did not name Chidambaram as an accused. However, critics and reports argue that the architecture of single-vendor dependency in a critical national security area, established during his tenure, created a systemic vulnerability. The allegation, as framed in media analyses, is that this decision inadvertently allowed security features to stagnate, making them easier for counterfeiters to replicate over time.

Part II: The Enabler’s Signature – The 2013 Extension

Nearly a decade later, the issue re-emerged in a more serious administrative form. The original De La Rue contract had expired in 2009 but was kept alive through temporary extensions. In June 2013, Arvind Mayaram, then serving as the Finance Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, signed off on a three-year extension for De La Rue to continue supplying the colour-shift thread.

This act is the central focus of the CBI’s FIR No. RC0102023A0002, registered on January 23, 2023. The agency alleged that Mayaram, along with unknown officials of the Finance Ministry and representatives of De La Rue, entered into a criminal conspiracy.

The FIR lays out a set of procedural violations that investigators consider central to the case. They claimed the extension was granted in violation of established procedures. The agency alleged there was no mandatory security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), and no approval was taken from the Finance Minister, despite internal file notings that explicitly required both. The FIR further alleged that Mayaram ignored earlier warnings about the patent issue and failed to apprise the political leadership of the associated risks.

Mayaram has publicly denied any wrongdoing. His defence, as reported, centred on the argument that continuity of supply was essential to avoid disrupting currency production, a matter of national importance. He maintained that all decisions were taken in the interest of the country and with due diligence.

However, the CBI’s central question, as reflected in its probe, was why continuity was prioritised over strict procedural compliance in a domain directly related to currency security. The FIR pointed out that De La Rue had already been under a cloud. In 2010, the MHA under then-Home Minister Pranab Mukherjee had reportedly blacklisted the firm after intelligence inputs and quality concerns, including allegations of supplying substandard paper and falsifying test certificates. The CBI’s case implied that granting a long-term extension in 2013, after this blacklisting and without fresh security clearance, was a serious procedural lapse.

The FIR also referenced suspicious financial transactions, noting that agencies had discovered that a De La Rue executive, Anil Raghbeer, had received approximately ₹8.2 crore in his offshore accounts in 2011, purportedly beyond his known salary. While the FIR did not directly link this to Mayaram, it cited these transactions as part of the broader suspicion of undue favour.

Part III: The Systemic Blind Spot – Warnings and Delays

Viewed chronologically, the record reflects a pattern of repeated warnings that failed to trigger corrective action. The sequence of events, as pieced together from media accounts citing investigative documents, is as follows:

2006-2007: Internal RBI and SPMCIL memos reportedly flag De La Rue’s lack of a valid patent.

2010: Security agencies raise concerns about De La Rue also supplying Pakistan. The MHA blacklists the firm after quality scandals.

2012: P Chidambaram returns as Finance Minister. Reports suggest the blacklisting was relaxed to a “restricted” category to allow “essential continuity” of supply.

June 2013: Arvind Mayaram signs the three-year extension, which the CBI alleges was done without security clearance or minister’s approval.

January 2023: The CBI registers its FIR, naming Mayaram, unknown officials, and De La Rue representatives.

The gap between the alleged acts and the formal investigation over a decade forms another layer of the story. Complaints and allegations had circulated for years in media and political circles. The CBI’s FIR came only in 2023, and as of late 2025, no chargesheet has been filed, leaving the legal outcomes pending.

Part IV: The Pakistani Nexus – Javed Khanani’s Shadow Network

Parallel to this administrative timeline in India, a covert financial war was being waged. This brings into focus the real-world counterpart to Dhurandhar’s villain: Javed Khanani.

Khanani was no cinematic caricature. Described as a soft-spoken, bespectacled businessman from Karachi, he was the co-owner of Khanani & Kalia International (KKI), a massive hawala (informal money transfer) network. In 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department designated KKI as a “significant transnational criminal organization,” alleging it laundered money for narcotics traffickers and terrorist groups, including those linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.

Indian and international intelligence assessments, as reported over the years, described KKI as a key financial switchboard for Pakistani deep-state networks. Its role in the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) ecosystem was alleged to be critical. Investigative reports based on interrogations of captured operatives like Lashkar’s Abdul Karim Tunda described a pipeline: high-quality counterfeit notes printed in state-protected facilities in Pakistan, smuggled via Dubai, Nepal, and Bangladesh, and distributed within India. The proceeds from this FICN, along with other illicit funds, were allegedly cycled and settled through hawala networks like KKI.

The sophistication of the counterfeit notes was a major concern. Reports indicated that by the early 2010s, these “near-perfect” fakes, often printed on high-quality security paper, were flooding India, with annual inflows estimated by agencies to be worth ₹1,500-2,000 crore. This was characterized not as mere crime but as a form of economic warfare, funding terrorism and undermining monetary stability.

Part V: Convergence and Consequence

The troubling question that emerged from investigative journalism was whether India’s domestic procurement decisions inadvertently aided this external threat. The conjecture, often raised in analyses, was this: India’s long-term reliance on a single foreign supplier (De La Rue) for a key security feature, coupled with alleged delays in upgrading and diversifying sources, may have allowed Pakistani counterfeiters time to study and replicate security threads with alarming accuracy. While no public evidence proves a direct leak from De La Rue to Pakistan, the simultaneous decline in De La Rue’s reliability for India and the rise in quality of Pakistan-origin FICN raised uncomfortable suspicions.

The dramatic break in this cycle came with India’s demonetisation in November 2016. The overnight invalidation of ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes rendered vast stockpiles of FICN worthless, disrupting the entire smuggling and financing network. Reports at the time noted a sharp fall in FICN seizures in the following year.

In a stark postscript, just weeks after demonetisation, on 4 December 2016, Javed Khanani was found dead after a fall from an under-construction building in Karachi. Pakistani police called it a suicide, while his family termed it an accident. No thorough medico-legal autopsy was widely reported. In intelligence and financial circles, as reported by journalists covering the region, whispers suggested his death was linked to the massive financial disruption and liabilities caused by demonetisation, though no evidence of foul play was officially established.

The Unresolved Thriller

Dhurandhar offers a cathartic, fictional conclusion. The real story, as documented in CBI files and investigative reports, remains open-ended and legally unresolved. It presents a complex picture where allegations of procedural bypasses and monopolistic contracts in Delhi intersect with a shadow war of terrorism finance orchestrated from Pakistan.

The CBI’s case against Arvind Mayaram is sub judice; he maintains his innocence. P Chidambaram is not named in the FIR, though his ministerial decisions are scrutinized in the court of public opinion. The broader allegation that emerges from this assemblage of reports is not of outright treason, but of a bureaucratic and political complacency that may have, over a decade, left a critical national security system, currency integrity, exposed.

This is a half-told tale: a thriller where the villains are not cartoonish foreigners, but the gatekeepers of the system itself, and where the climax is not a heroic raid, but a slow, grinding investigation battling against time, politics, and the weight of files. It is a story that underscores how economic warfare is often enabled not just by enemies abroad, but by vulnerabilities at home.

Source: Businessworld

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Rahul Gandhi’s Pangong Tso Ride: George Soros Links, Pakistani Deals And Chinese Money https://thecommunemag.com/rahul-gandhis-pangong-tso-ride-george-soros-links-pakistani-deals-and-chinese-money/ Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:01:38 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=135589 Remember August 2023 when Congress scion Rahul Gandhi made a bike trip to Ladakh? Upwards and onwards – Unstoppable! pic.twitter.com/waZmOhv6dy — Congress (@INCIndia) August 19, 2023 He reportedly rode to Pangong Tso lake, a strategically sensitive location to ‘celebrate‘ his father Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary. New details have surfaced regarding this visit, raising questions about […]

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Remember August 2023 when Congress scion Rahul Gandhi made a bike trip to Ladakh?

He reportedly rode to Pangong Tso lake, a strategically sensitive location to ‘celebrate‘ his father Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary.

New details have surfaced regarding this visit, raising questions about the identity and background of one of the individuals who accompanied him to Pangong Tso, a sensitive area along the India–China border.

The individual at the centre of the controversy is Shakir Mohamed Nurali Merali, currently the Managing Partner for Africa at the global investment firm Lightrock.

An investigation into his professional history and the structure of his current firm reveals a trail linking him to the financial infrastructure of billionaire George Soros, to the scandal-ridden Pakistani firm The Abraaj Group, and to investment ventures backed by Chinese capital.

The Soros Connection: A Direct Line From SEDF To Lightrock

The foundation of the concerns lies in the origins of Shakir Merali’s current firm, Lightrock. Lightrock’s Indian platform was originally established as Aspada Investment Company, a venture wholly created and funded by the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF).

In 2019, the Liechtenstein-based LGT Group acquired Aspada from SEDF and rebranded it as Lightrock India.

Critically, the institutional relationship between Lightrock and the Soros network appears to have continued past the acquisition. Legal documents from 2021 confirm that Lightrock India and SEDF were co-investors in CapFloat Financial Services, indicating an ongoing partnership.

This connection gained renewed attention in March 2025 when the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids on locations linked to the Open Society Foundations and SEDF in Bengaluru over alleged foreign exchange violations.

The Abraaj Group Past: Pakistani Deals, Chinese Buyers, And Bribery Allegations

Prior to joining Lightrock, Shakir Merali served as a Managing Director at The Abraaj Group, a Dubai-based private equity firm founded by Pakistani businessman Arif Naqvi. Abraaj collapsed in 2018 following allegations of a massive fraud.

During Merali’s tenure, Abraaj was the majority owner (66.4%) of K-Electric, Pakistan’s largest power utility serving over 20 million people in Karachi.

In 2016, Abraaj agreed to sell K-Electric to Shanghai Electric Power, a Chinese state-owned company, for $1.77 billion. This strategic deal, which would have placed critical Pakistani infrastructure under Beijing’s control, ultimately collapsed due to regulatory and geopolitical pressures.

A judicial commission in Pakistan later alleged that Abraaj had offered a $20 million bribery payment to then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother, Shehbaz Sharif, to push the deal through.

Furthermore, Arif Naqvi’s Abraaj was implicated in channeling foreign corporate money into Pakistani politics.

In March 2013, a Naqvi-controlled entity, Wootton Cricket Ltd, received $1.3 million from Abraaj Investment Management. On the same day, an identical amount was transferred to the bank account of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.

Shakir Merali, as a senior Managing Director at Abraaj with responsibilities for the East Africa portfolio and the Africa Health Fund, operated within this institutional culture, which included pursuing major Chinese state acquisitions and navigating allegations of bribery and political finance violations.

African Investments And Chinese Capital Overlaps

Merali’s current investment focus at Lightrock, Africa, frequently intersects with zones of heavy Chinese state enterprise activity. For instance, in 2018, Kenya’s KETRACO signed a $240 million contract with China Electric Power Equipment for railway electrification.

Separately, Merali is a personal angel investor in Ilara Health, a Nairobi-based health-tech startup that is backed by the Chinese venture capital fund ShakaVC.

The Pangong Tso Meeting: A Convergence of Controversies

The convergence of these associations, ongoing Soros network ties, a direct past in a firm that attempted to sell vital Pakistani assets to a Chinese state entity, and current investments alongside Chinese capital, makes the location of his meeting with Rahul Gandhi particularly alarming to security experts.

Pangong Tso is not a tourist destination. It is a live border flashpoint where Indian and Chinese troops have been in a protracted standoff since 2020. The area is one of the most militarily sensitive zones in the country.

The presence of a foreign executive with this specific multi-layered background at this location, as a guest of a senior opposition leader, has raised a storm of questions in strategic circles. Analysts are demanding to know the purpose of the meeting, who approved the visit, and what was discussed against the backdrop of the lake, which is synonymous with the ongoing Sino-Indian border crisis.

(This article is based on an X Thread By The Hawkeye X)

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Dhurandhar Review: Aditya Dhar Rips Apart Congress, Pakistanis And ISI Dry, That’s Gonna Make Its Lackeys Cry https://thecommunemag.com/dhurandhar-review-aditya-dhar-rips-apart-congress-pakistanis-and-isi-dry-thats-gonna-make-its-lackeys-cry/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 17:01:46 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=135115 Sometimes a film isn’t just cinema. It’s a statement. Our art is a reflection of the society that we live in today. And Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar is a statement – that this is a new India that is unapologetic and gives back as good as it gets. Our soldiers enter our enemy’s homes and beat […]

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Sometimes a film isn’t just cinema. It’s a statement. Our art is a reflection of the society that we live in today. And Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar is a statement – that this is a new India that is unapologetic and gives back as good as it gets. Our soldiers enter our enemy’s homes and beat them to pulp. Our artists and storytellers are now doing the same.

Dhurandhar feels like a classified dossier opened for the public — every frame signalling an India that has moved from defence to offence, turning cinema itself into a cultural surgical strike against decades of narrative assault by D-gang filmmakers.

Bollywood finally gets a political action drama that isn’t scared of Pakistan, the ISI, or the Congress ecosystem—and most importantly, a film that doesn’t tiptoe around historical realities.

But before we go ahead with the review, it helps tremendously to know the real figures whose shadows loom large over the film.

The Real Men Behind The Reel

Rehman Dakait Played By Akshay Khanna

The feared Karachi crime lord, was more than a gangster—he was a quasi-political actor protected by Pakistan’s deep state. His reign over Lyari forms the violent texture of the film’s Karachi underworld, and Akshay Khanna infuses that biography with a menacing and terrific performance.

Chaudhry Aslam Played By Sanjay Dutt

Pakistan’s infamous “encounter specialist” who led the Lyari Task Force against Karachi’s underworld before terrorists assassinated him in 2014. Sanjay Dutt’s role is clearly modelled on him—steely, haunted and built on a lifetime of combat with Karachi’s monsters.

Ilyas Kashmiri Played By Arjun Rampal

Former Pakistani commando turned global jihadi asset, deeply tied to ISI operations and cross-border terror campaigns. Arjun Rampal’s character channels the cold-blooded tactician Kashmiri was.

Ajit Doval Played By R. Madhavan

And in unmistakable shadows stands Ajit Doval, India’s living legend of covert doctrines and national security strategy. Dhar never names him, but the film breathes Doval’s worldview—the doctrine of offence as defence.

The Hits

The film begins, in classic Aditya Dhar style, in sharply defined chapters—each chapter world-builds, introduces new characters, creates a texture, ends with a bang and shifts us into a deeper labyrinth. By the interval (two hours into the film!) you don’t even realise time has passed. The pace is relentless.

This isn’t Bollywood’s usual cardboard Pakistan. Dhar takes us into the dirty gutters of Lyari, the gang alleys, the ISI-controlled shadows, and Pakistan’s terror breeding underbelly with frightening authenticity. It feels like Dhar himself air-dropped into Karachi taking notes like a R&AW operative to draw the viewers into the dirty miserable hellhole called Pakistan and Pakistanis are shown like they deserve to be shown.

The authenticity hits like a gut-shot: Dhar’s research feels forensic, as if he embedded with ghost operators, sketching Lyari’s bullet-riddled bazaars and Peshawar’s teeming madrasas. Dhar can probably add “Expert on Pakistan Affairs” to his Insta bio—he’s earned it. Dhar deploys Guy Ritchie-esque on-screen text blasts to tag characters.

The violence in the film is Tarantino-esque in its rawness and unflinching brutality, but it goes a step further. The gore doesn’t feel stylised—it feels disturbingly real. Dhar doesn’t just show violence, he makes you feel it. Unlike Tarantino, where you admire the craft of bloodshed from a safe cinematic distance, Dhurandhar drags you into the visceral pain of it. You don’t just witness the violence—you absorb it.

Akshaye Khanna’s Rehman Dakait is the film’s feral heart—tight-lipped menace propelling the plot more than Singh’s brooding Hamza, who arrives looking every inch the chiseled “chad” but shines in quiet vulnerability. Sanjay Dutt’s Chaudhary Aslam is a powder-keg patriarch, his gravelly Pashto inflections evoking the real cop’s doomed valor. Arjun Rampal slinks as Ilyas Kashmiri, all icy calculation, while Sara Arjun slips into Yalina’s skin, though their romance feels like the one soft spot in this ironclad tale. R. Madhavan pops as the Doval-like RAW head, his silences louder than soliloquies during the first 10 minutes of the film.

Shashwat Sachdev’s score isn’t merely background music—it becomes an active character in the narrative. The vintage tracks, layered with his contemporary signature sound, melt seamlessly into the film’s fabric, elevating every frame. And then there’s the camerawork—especially in the action and chase sequences—which deserves a standing ovation. Every shot feels carefully choreographed, immersive, and purposefully raw.

The Misses

If there’s one place the film overindulges, it’s in the length of the action and chase sequences. A tighter edit would’ve made them far more impactful, because after a point the outcome becomes predictable.

The romance between Hamsa and Yalina, too, needed more emotional depth. The stakes feel oddly low, making the track come across as formulaic rather than integral.

And while the narrative relies heavily on dialogue to unfold the larger conspiracy, there are moments where it slips into a cinematic-documentary tone. A more organic integration within the screenplay—rather than spoken exposition—could’ve made these revelations even more powerful.

Dhar, The Dhurandhar

Aditya Dhar holds no punches and rips apart Congress laying bare its sins. If you’ve brushed up on UPA-era scandals or 26/11 intel lapses, every frame lands heavier.

The film reveals how the Congress-led UPA sourced Indian currency security material from the British firm De La Rue—the very same company supplying Pakistan—jeopardizing India’s national security, implicating a senior Congress leader and his son in the process.

There’s a scene involving Ajit Doval look-alike Madhavan briefing the Minister while the R&AW head who resembles AS Dulat, is seen going soft on Pakistan.

The film also discusses how counterfeit notes, terror funding make their way into India through illegal slaughter houses in Uttar Pradesh and the ‘secular’ politics that shield them. It feels like Dhar asking the viewers “Do you understand the reason behind demonetization now?” but without preaching or cinematic dialogues.

Perhaps the most devastating is Dhar’s portrayal of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and the events leading upto it.

In the second half comes the most haunting moment of the film. It’s not even a scene—just a blood-red screen, stark black text, and chilling voices echoing in the background. No characters, no action, nothing “cinematic” in the traditional sense. Yet Aditya Dhar folds a real-life incident into his fictional universe with such precision that the hall froze in pin-drop silence. The audience wasn’t watching a scene—they were experiencing a cold, uncomfortable truth.

He drives home the point that never ever should Congress come to power.

Aditya Dhar practically lined up Congress, Pakistanis and the ISI like guilty suspects, pulled out a lathi of cold facts, and landed blow after blow—right on their backs. The line “Ghayal hun isiliye Ghatak hun” (I am wounded, therefore I am lethal), delivered near the film’s climax, isn’t just a dialogue—it’s the declaration of Dhar and the New India itself.

Anupama Chopra has called the film laden with “shrill nationalism” and “inflammatory anti-Pakistan narrative”. Dhruv Rathee compared Dhar to ISIS because he cannot digest India finally portraying Pakistan exactly as it is — a terrorist manufacturing factory calling itself a country.

Their outrage proves Dhar’s accuracy. Period.

Dhurandhar isn’t cinema.
It’s a debriefing.
It’s a counter-attack.
It’s a cultural surgical strike.

And yes—Congress, Pakistan, and their loud online lackeys will cry. If Pakistan and its loyal Indian proxies are rattled, Operation Dhurandhar is already successful.

Waiting for more of their meltdown in March 2026.

S Kaushik is a political writer and a film buff.

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“Aid” Turns Embarrassment: Pakistan Sends Sri Lanka Expired Supplies During Deadly Floods https://thecommunemag.com/aid-turns-embarrassment-pakistan-sends-sri-lanka-expired-supplies-during-deadly-floods/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:03:04 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=134960 Pakistan faced sharp criticism and diplomatic embarrassment on Monday after images emerged showing that part of its relief consignment sent to flood-ravaged Sri Lanka contained expired food and medical items. The incident drew widespread condemnation online and prompted Sri Lankan officials to flag the issue through both informal and official diplomatic channels, sources said. Pakistan’s […]

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Pakistan faced sharp criticism and diplomatic embarrassment on Monday after images emerged showing that part of its relief consignment sent to flood-ravaged Sri Lanka contained expired food and medical items. The incident drew widespread condemnation online and prompted Sri Lankan officials to flag the issue through both informal and official diplomatic channels, sources said.

Pakistan’s official social-media post declaring that it “stands with Sri Lanka today and always” backfired after users pointed out that the aid packets visibly displayed an expiry date of October 2024 (10/2024). Videos and photographs circulating online showed multiple boxes of expired rations arriving in Colombo as part of Islamabad’s assistance to the disaster-hit nation.

According to Sri Lankan relief authorities, the expired goods were detected upon inspection of the consignment, rendering those items unusable at a time when the country is grappling with one of its most severe natural disasters in decades.

This is not the first time Pakistan has faced controversy over relief handling. In 2021, when India routed humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan through Pakistan following the Taliban takeover, consignments reached in a contaminated and damaged condition, according to earlier reports.

Sri Lanka’s Crisis Deepens

Sri Lanka continues to battle catastrophic flooding and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, which has so far claimed at least 334 lives. Floodwaters remain dangerously high across Colombo, while landslide alerts are active in multiple districts. Thousands of people have been stranded, with visuals showing survivors clinging to rooftops awaiting evacuation.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared a state of emergency, describing the situation as “the most challenging natural disaster in our history,” and has appealed for urgent global assistance.

India’s Large-Scale Relief Operation

India has launched a major humanitarian effort under Operation Sagar Bandhu, sending 53 tonnes of relief material to Sri Lanka. Two Indian Navy ships delivered 9.5 tonnes of emergency rations in Colombo. Additionally:

Three Indian Air Force aircraft have airlifted 31.5 tonnes of supplies, including tents, tarpaulins, blankets, hygiene kits, ready-to-eat meals, medicines and surgical instruments.

Two BHISHM medical cubes and a five-member technical team have been sent for on-site training.

80 personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), including specialised Urban Search and Rescue teams, have been deployed.

Another 12 tonnes of relief material has arrived at Trincomalee on INS Sukanya.

Regional Toll Surpasses 1,200

The disaster across South and Southeast Asia has taken a broader humanitarian turn. Catastrophic flooding and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand have resulted in over 1,200 deaths, with more than 800 people missing. Indonesia remains the worst affected, with rescue teams struggling to reach isolated villages after roads and bridges were washed away.

In Sri Lanka’s Kandy region, water supply disruptions have forced residents to rely on bottled water collected from natural springs as more rainfall is forecast.

(Source: NDTV)

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Leftist Rag The Wire Becomes Chinese Megaphone? Report Silent On China’s Disinformation War During Operation Sindoor https://thecommunemag.com/leftist-rag-the-wire-becomes-chinese-megaphone-report-silent-on-chinas-disinformation-war-during-operation-sindoor/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:04:07 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=134329 In yet another astonishing display of editorial selectivity, or should we say loyalty to paymasters?, leftist rag The Wire’s coverage of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s 2025 report appears more interested in praising Pakistan’s “military success” and highlighting Chinese weaponry than confronting a far more serious concern: China’s use of artificial intelligence to […]

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In yet another astonishing display of editorial selectivity, or should we say loyalty to paymasters?, leftist rag The Wire’s coverage of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s 2025 report appears more interested in praising Pakistan’s “military success” and highlighting Chinese weaponry than confronting a far more serious concern: China’s use of artificial intelligence to run an orchestrated disinformation campaign against India during Operation Sindoor.

The article, titled “‘Pakistan’s Military Success over India in its Four-day Clash Showcased Chinese Weaponry’: US House Panel,” gushingly reiterates how Pakistan used Chinese hardware—J-10 jets, HQ-9 missile systems, and PL-15 air-to-air missiles—to allegedly down Indian Rafales, turning the battlefield into a showroom for Chinese exports.

The Wire even echoes the report’s mention of Indonesia pausing its Rafale purchase due to this “success.” But what the rag deliberately omits is perhaps the most damning portion of the US report: China’s fake news operation using AI-generated images and social media bots to push lies.

What The Wire Didn’t Tell You

The same US-China Economic and Security Review Commission report that The Wire selectively quotes from also contains a critical section that the publication chose to completely ignore. The report explicitly states“Following the May 2025 India-Pakistan border crisis, China initiated a disinformation campaign to hinder sales of French Rafale aircraft in favour of its own J-35s, using fake social media accounts to propagate AI images of supposed debris from the planes that China’s weaponry destroyed.”

Let that sink in.

The very “success” of Chinese weapons that The Wire uncritically amplifies was actively peddled through a covert influence operation involving AI-generated imagery, fake social media accounts, and a systematic campaign to manipulate global opinion. This wasn’t just battlefield performance; it was information warfare. And The Wire became an unwitting, or perhaps willing, megaphone for it.

This isn’t an isolated oversight. It fits a disturbing pattern where certain Indian media platforms, under the guise of “critical journalism,” consistently amplify narratives that align with the interests of those hostile to India.

  • No mention of how Chinese embassy officials led this disinformation drive.
  • No mention of how the campaign sought to sabotage Rafale sales to Indonesia.
  • No mention of the well-documented collaboration between Chinese state actors and Pakistani propaganda machinery to undermine India’s strategic position.

Despite its self-proclaimed mission of critical journalism, The Wire chose not to report on Beijing’s disinformation war against India, a campaign so blatant that French intelligence flagged it and global media covered it. Instead, it sanitized China’s role, omitted Pakistan’s complicity, and spotlighted Rafale losses without a shred of skepticism. Where was the scrutiny of Chinese propaganda tactics? Where was the outrage over AI-generated lies masquerading as battlefield truth?

Instead, The Wire offers its readers a one-sided glorification of Pakistani military capability and Chinese technological prowess, a narrative that Beijing and Rawalpindi would be hard-pressed to market so effectively on their own.

And let’s not forget the wider implications. China and Pakistan conducted joint “counterterror” drills just months before the conflict, and Chinese naval forces participated in AMAN war games alongside Pakistan in early 2025. By June, China was offering Pakistan 40 fifth-generation J-35s and KJ-500 early warning aircraft. This wasn’t just opportunism; it was orchestration. Yet, The Wire offers no context – is it because it doesn’t serve its purpose of an anti-India narrative setting?

When a supposedly “progressive” Indian outlet echoes Beijing’s propaganda victories and ignores its lies, it ceases to be a platform for dissent and becomes a megaphone for distortion.

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Bangladesh’s Political Purge: Sheikh Hasina’s ‘Death Sentence’ Is A Warning To The Subcontinent https://thecommunemag.com/bangladeshs-political-purge-sheikh-hasinas-death-sentence-is-a-warning-to-the-subcontinent/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:59:26 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=134278 The death sentence handed down to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal is more than a legal verdict; it is a political earthquake. And like all political earthquakes in the subcontinent, its rumblings carry the unmistakable resonance of history. The comparison many analysts have drawn between Hasina’s trial in […]

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The death sentence handed down to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal is more than a legal verdict; it is a political earthquake. And like all political earthquakes in the subcontinent, its rumblings carry the unmistakable resonance of history.

The comparison many analysts have drawn between Hasina’s trial in 2025 and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s trial in Pakistan in 1978 is not an exaggeration; it is a warning. A warning that when courts become theaters and justice becomes a prop for political vendettas, the nation drifts into dangerous waters.

The tribunal that delivered Hasina’s sentence was created to prosecute the atrocities committed during the 1971 Liberation War. Its purpose was to close old wounds, bring justice to victims, and honor the foundational values of Bangladesh. But the Yunus-led interim government’s decision to expand the tribunal’s jurisdiction in 2024, giving it the authority to try contemporary political actors, weaponized the institution.

Instead of healing historical traumas, it has now become an instrument to manufacture new ones. Hasina was tried in absentia, denied the opportunity to testify directly, barred from cross-examining witnesses, and subjected to a hastily conducted judicial process that resembled a political purge rather than a legitimate trial.

Supporters of the verdict might argue that Hasina must be held accountable for alleged abuses committed during her tenure. But accountability must arise from a process that upholds the basic tenets of justice. What transpired instead was a judicial spectacle: rushed proceedings, opaque evidence, and a tribunal whose neutrality had evaporated long before the verdict was announced.

In politics, optics matter, and the optics here are unmistakable: a regime intent on erasing its predecessors, using the legal system as a sword rather than a scale.

This is where the shadow of Bhutto looms large. Bhutto’s trial in 1978 under Pakistan’s General Zia-ul-Haq is now universally recognized as a travesty. Conducted under pressure, presided over by a judiciary molded by the military regime, and fueled by political animosity, Bhutto’s hanging remains one of the darkest chapters in South Asian judicial history.

Decades later, even Pakistan’s Supreme Court conceded that Bhutto had not been granted a fair trial. The parallels to Hasina are too strong to dismiss: a toppled leader, a new regime desperate to consolidate power, a judiciary re-engineered to comply, and a verdict that seems designed to eliminate political opposition rather than deliver justice.

Bangladesh, unlike Pakistan, was born out of a struggle for secular democracy. The Awami League under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman built its identity on linguistic nationalism and liberation from Pakistani militarism. But in recent years, the drift in Dhaka has been troubling.

The interim government’s accommodation of Islamist groups previously barred from politics, its shrinking tolerance for dissent, and its aggressive dismantling of the Awami League’s organizational structures all indicate an ideological shift, a shift that eerily resembles Pakistan under Zia. This is not merely about punishing Hasina; it is about rewriting the ideological DNA of the republic.

By sentencing Hasina to death, the interim regime has sent a message to its domestic rivals: political displacement will not stop at exile; it may end at the gallows. For a nation that prides itself on emerging from the ashes of genocide and dictatorship, this is an alarming regression.

Bangladesh’s political system has always been turbulent, but this verdict threatens to push it into a new phase: one where political competition is no longer mediated through elections or parliamentary processes but through courts and punitive tribunals acting under executive influence.

For India, the developments in Bangladesh carry profound strategic implications. New Delhi has long regarded Dhaka as a key ally in maintaining stability in the Northeast, combating cross-border terror networks, and managing migration flows. Sheikh Hasina’s government played an instrumental role in neutralizing extremist groups and strengthening bilateral cooperation.

Her ouster, followed by a death sentence delivered under dubious legal circumstances, destabilizes the regional balance. Bangladesh drifting toward Islamist politics even moderately threatens to reopen security challenges that India spent years combating. The Northeast, already sensitive, cannot afford a Bangladesh where anti-India political currents regain strength.

Moreover, the verdict raises questions about the future of Bangladesh’s democratic institutions. If courts can be repurposed to eliminate political opponents, then elections cease to be meaningful. The interim regime may claim to be restoring democracy, but a democracy built on judicial intimidation is hollow.

Even critics of Hasina’s governance and she had many recognized that justice cannot be selective. Her trial sets a precedent that any future government could exploit, trapping Bangladesh in a cycle of judicial vengeance with no exit.

The human rights dimension cannot be ignored either. Trials in absentia belong to authoritarian playbooks, not democratic ones. Executing a former prime minister under such circumstances violates international norms and invites scrutiny from global bodies. It signals to the world that Bangladesh is turning inward, away from democratic accountability and toward ideological consolidation. Nations that rely on international legitimacy do not pass death sentences in politically charged trials without expecting consequences.

This is why the comparison to Bhutto is so powerful. Bhutto’s execution did not strengthen Pakistan. It delegitimized its judiciary, deepened political polarization, emboldened authoritarian forces, and created a martyr whose shadow haunted Pakistani politics for generations. Bangladesh now stands at a similar crossroads.

Hasina’s sentence risks creating a political vacuum filled not by democratic forces but by opportunistic alliances of Islamist groups, disillusioned power centers, and authoritarian actors seeking permanence.

The tragedy of South Asian politics is that its leaders seldom learn from history. Institutions are reshaped to serve immediate goals, only to later become instruments of oppression for those who once controlled them. The tribunal that now convicts Hasina with sweeping authority may one day be turned against the very people who empowered it. That is the nature of political tools; they rarely remain in one set of hands for long.

Bangladesh’s soul was forged in the fires of 1971. Its promise was democracy, secularism, and justice. By sentencing Sheikh Hasina to death in a trial that carries the unmistakable scent of political revenge, the country risks abandoning that promise. The world, and especially India, must watch with vigilance.

Not because Hasina must be defended uncritically, but because democracy must be defended vigorously. When justice becomes indistinguishable from politics, nations lose their moral compass. And when nations lose their moral compass, history often the darkest parts of it has a way of repeating itself.

Dr. Prosenjit Nath is a techie, political analyst, and author.

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Was Rahul Gandhi And Congress Part Of Chinese Disinformation Campaign Against Rafale Jets During Operation Sindoor? https://thecommunemag.com/was-rahul-gandhi-and-congress-part-of-chinese-disinformation-campaign-against-rafale-jets-during-operation-sindoor/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:41:43 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=134270 A shocking report by a top US government commission has exposed a covert Chinese disinformation campaign designed to sabotage the French Rafale fighter jet’s global reputation, raising serious questions about whether Congress leader Rahul Gandhi inadvertently became a vocal asset in this foreign propaganda effort. The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s report details that […]

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A shocking report by a top US government commission has exposed a covert Chinese disinformation campaign designed to sabotage the French Rafale fighter jet’s global reputation, raising serious questions about whether Congress leader Rahul Gandhi inadvertently became a vocal asset in this foreign propaganda effort.

The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s report details that following the May 2025 India-Pakistan border crisis, China initiated a coordinated drive to undermine sales of the French Rafale in favour of its own J-35 fighter jets. The campaign allegedly used fake social media accounts to propagate AI-generated images of supposed Rafale debris, falsely claiming the jets had been destroyed by Chinese-made weaponry.

This revelation places a glaring spotlight on Rahul Gandhi’s persistent demands for the Modi government to disclose the “number of jets lost” during Operation Sindoor, echoing the very narrative pushed by Chinese and Pakistani sources.

The Chinese Playbook And The Echo In India

According to the US report, the Chinese strategy was clear: exploit the India-Pakistan conflict to create a global perception that the Rafale jet was vulnerable, thereby hindering its exports and creating an opening for China’s own arms sales. Indonesia was reportedly convinced to pause a Rafale deal following this campaign.

Simultaneously, in India, a political narrative was being built. Despite the Indian Air Force’s clear statements that all assets were intact and that sharing operational details mid-conflict would jeopardise national security, Rahul Gandhi led a chorus of opposition leaders demanding specifics on aircraft losses.

His repeated questioning, “How many jets were lost?” and his recent tweet demanding PM Modi reveal “the truth about the five jets” after former US President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims, aligned suspiciously with the objectives of the Chinese disinformation campaign.

Amplifying A Hostile Narrative

The timeline of events is telling:

Chinese Campaign Begins: Post-May 2025 conflict, Chinese fake accounts push the “Rafale shot down” narrative.

Pakistani Claims: Pakistan, a close ally of China, claims it shot down three Rafales, a claim dismissed by the Indian Chief of Defence Staff and Dassault Aviation as “absolutely incorrect” and “inaccurate.”

Opposition Demands in India: Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party persistently question the government on the same lines, keeping the debunked narrative alive in the public discourse.

Many Congress MPs made claims about Rafale jets being show down in the Parliament.

Congress MP Amrinder Singh Raja Warring has claimed that a Rafale fighter jet crashed near Bhisiana Air Force Station in Punjab, presenting photos as evidence and stating that the tail section with the code “BS-001” was found at the site.

Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla has publicly demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi parade all 35 Rafale jets to prove that none were shot down during Operation Sindoor.


Kerala Congress MP K. Francis George claimed that India lost three Rafale jets, one Sukhoi-30 MKI, and one MiG-29, all shot down within Indian territory.

A Question of National Security

In August 2008, the Sonia Gandhi-led Congress and the Communist Party of China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) “for exchanging high level information and cooperation between them”. The MoU also said that the two parties would “consult each other on bilateral, regional and international developments”. The deal was signed by none other than the then Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on the Indian side.

The convergence between a hostile foreign power’s propaganda and the political opposition’s line of questioning has raised serious concerns about its impact on national security and India’s defence preparedness. By continuously seeking to validate a false narrative that undermines a key component of India’s air power, the opposition’s actions, whether intentional or not, served to amplify a disinformation campaign aimed at weakening India’s strategic position.

While there is no evidence to suggest a direct link between the Congress party and the Chinese state, the net effect of their demands has been to erode public confidence in a critical defence asset and parrot a talking point that originates from a campaign designed to harm India’s strategic and economic interests.

The central question remains: Did Rahul Gandhi, in his pursuit to corner the government, become an unwitting participant in a larger, malicious game orchestrated by Beijing against the Indian military and the Rafale jet?

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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Delhi Blast Probe: Doctors Radicalised Through Pakistan-Based-Jaish-Backed Telegram Groups, Had Met Handlers In Turkey https://thecommunemag.com/delhi-blast-probe-doctors-radicalised-through-pakistan-based-jaish-backed-telegram-groups-had-met-handlers-in-turkey/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:21:04 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=133729 Investigators probing the Delhi Red Fort car blast, which killed 10 people and injured over 20 others, have traced the origin of the Faridabad terror module involving the arrested doctors to two Telegram groups operated by a Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operative. The groups, Farzandan-e-Darul Uloom (Deoband) and Umar bin Khattab, are believed to have played […]

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Investigators probing the Delhi Red Fort car blast, which killed 10 people and injured over 20 others, have traced the origin of the Faridabad terror module involving the arrested doctors to two Telegram groups operated by a Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operative. The groups, Farzandan-e-Darul Uloom (Deoband) and Umar bin Khattab, are believed to have played a key role in the radicalisation of the accused doctors.

According to investigation sources, Dr Umar Nabi, who was driving the Hyundai i20 car that exploded near Red Fort on Monday evening, and Imam Irfan Ahmad Wagah, the cleric from Shopian believed to be behind the radicalisation of the doctors, began their online interaction through one of these groups.

Officials said that initial conversations on these Telegram channels focused on “Kashmir’s Aazadi” and the “suppression of Kashmiris”, before gradually shifting to broader themes of global jihad and retribution.

Investigators believe that both Dr Umar and Wagah met their handlers during a trip to Turkey, which marked a turning point in the module’s consolidation. Following their return, the group reportedly expanded its activities across multiple states in India.

Among the key suspects, Dr. Muzammil joined Al-Falah Medical College in Faridabad, while Dr Adeel was posted in Saharanpur. Other members were placed in different states to manage recruitment and logistics. Agencies are now working to identify everyone who maintained communication with the module members through the same online networks.

Sources added that Dr Umar, along with arrested doctors Dr. Muzammil and Dr Shaheen, were part of a 9–10 member terror logistics network, which allegedly included five to six medical professionals. The accused are said to have used their medical positions to procure materials, assemble explosives, and coordinate operations for the terror network.

Investigators believe Dr Umar was driving the car that exploded near Red Fort. DNA samples have been collected from his family and are being matched with evidence from the blast site to confirm his identity.

Reports indicate that Dr Umar was expelled from a hospital in Anantnag after a patient’s death and later joined the Al-Falah School of Medical Science in Faridabad in 2023. As part of the ongoing probe, investigators are analysing mobile tower data from the Red Fort area to identify who Dr. Umar contacted between 3:00 pm and 6:30 pm on the day of the explosion.

Meanwhile, Imam Irfan Ahmad Wagah was arrested a day after the Faridabad explosives bust and the Red Fort blast, which prompted a multi-agency investigation. A former paramedical worker at Srinagar’s Government Medical College and ex-imam in Nowgam, Wagah is alleged to have played a central role in recruiting and radicalising doctors through online religious outreach, according to intelligence inputs.

Authorities, including Counterintelligence Kashmir and Srinagar Police, have also detained Wagah’s wife for her alleged role in recruiting and indoctrinating doctors and youth in the Kashmir Valley.

The probe continues to focus on the online radicalisation networks and their links to Pakistan-based handlers, as agencies expand the investigation across multiple states to dismantle what officials describe as a “medical professionals’ terror network” operating under Jaish-e-Mohammad’s influence.

(Source: India Today)

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NIA, ATS Bust Suspected Cross-Border Radical Network In Rajasthan; Five Including 3 Madrasa Maulvis Detained https://thecommunemag.com/nia-ats-bust-suspected-cross-border-radical-network-in-rajasthan-five-including-3-madrasa-maulvis-detained/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 06:25:30 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=132925 Acting on intelligence inputs, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) carried out coordinated pre-dawn raids across multiple districts of the state on Friday, 31 October 2025, detaining five individuals, including three clerics. According to sources, simultaneous operations were launched around 5 AM in Jodhpur, Jalore, Karauli, and Jaipur districts. Two clerics, […]

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Acting on intelligence inputs, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) carried out coordinated pre-dawn raids across multiple districts of the state on Friday, 31 October 2025, detaining five individuals, including three clerics.

According to sources, simultaneous operations were launched around 5 AM in Jodhpur, Jalore, Karauli, and Jaipur districts. Two clerics, Ayub and Masood, were detained from the Chaukha and Pipar areas of Jodhpur, while Usman was picked up from Sanchore in Jalore district. All three are affiliated with different madrasas, and notably, Usman and Masood are brothers.

In Karauli district, a youth identified as Junaid was detained from Dholikhar, while another suspect was apprehended from Jaipur.

Officials said the raids were based on intelligence suggesting possible links between the detained men and an Islamic organization operating outside India. Although neither the NIA nor the ATS has released an official statement, sources said the Central government had directed the agencies to act on credible inputs indicating cross-border communication and suspected radical activities.

During the searches, investigators seized mobile phones, laptops, and several documents for forensic examination. The detained individuals are being interrogated to verify their alleged links with radical or foreign-based networks.

Officials indicated that the investigation could uncover a wider network involving cross-border radicalization and possible misuse of religious and educational institutions in western Rajasthan.

Security has been tightened in Jodhpur and Jalore following the detentions, and further raids are likely as the probe progresses.

(Source: Free Press Journal)

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