The police in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday said that they had busted an “inter-state and transnational terror module”, arresting seven persons and recovering 2,900 kilograms of improvised explosive device-making material in raids in several states, The Hindu reported.

An unidentified police spokesperson from Srinagar told the newspaper that the terror module was linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammad and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind terror outfits.

The searches were carried out at multiple locations in Srinagar, Anantnag, Ganderbal and Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir. The J&K Police also conducted searches at Faridabad “in tandem with the Haryana Police and Saharanpur with the Uttar Pradesh police”, the spokesperson was quoted as saying.

In Faridabad, the police said that they recovered 360 kilograms of inflammable substances along with other material that “could be used for terrorist activities”, during a raid, ANI reported.

Raids in the Haryana district were conducted following disclosures made by an arrested Kashmiri doctor, Adeel Ahmad Rather. Another doctor, Muzamil Shakeel, was also detained for allegedly helping to stock and conceal the material.

Faridabad Commissioner of Police Satender Kumar said that the seized inflammable material was suspected to be ammonium nitrate, ANI reported. He said media reports that the material was RDX, or hexogen, were false.

“Apart from this, material that could be used for terrorist activities such as timers with batteries was recovered,” ANI quoted the police chief as saying.

During the interstate raids, the police also recovered weapons, ammunition and a large cache of IED-making material, including explosives, chemicals, electronic circuits, batteries, wires, timers and metal sheets.

The investigation began after posters of the Jaish-e-Mohammad were found pasted in several locations of Bunpora in Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar on October 19, “threatening police and security forces”, The Hindu reported.

This led to the registration of a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the newspaper reported.

“The investigation has revealed a white-collar terror ecosystem, involving radicalised professionals and students in contact with foreign handlers, operating from Pakistan and other countries,” The Hindu quoted an unofficial police official as saying.

The police said a financial probe was underway to trace the flow of funds.