Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 30: A single undeleted message has blown the lid off a major cross-border terror conspiracy. Encrypted chats with Pakistan-based handlers, online radicalization drives, and a possible plot to target Jammu have been unearthed after 19-year-old Mohammad Sajid’s final communication slipped through the cracks.
In a dramatic counter-terror breakthrough, Jammu Police arrested Sajid—originally from Reasi—from the Bathindi area, exposing what officials describe as a “white-collar jihadi” being groomed for sophisticated digital radicalization and terror facilitation.
Sajid’s covert world began to collapse when he failed to delete his last set of conversations exchanged through the highly encrypted Session app. Stopped at a checkpoint while heading toward Jalalabad in Bathindi, he had no time to wipe the data.
The lapse proved catastrophic for his handlers.
Police seized his phone, and an FSL team immediately began pulling out critical digital evidence. All IDs, foreign numbers, and encrypted chat logs linked to Pakistan-based handlers are now under forensic examination. Despite Sajid deleting earlier data, investigators say the “digital residue” is enough to map out an extensive underground network.
According to investigators, Sajid had been in sustained contact with Pakistani handlers for months—possibly longer. They allegedly molded him into a modern-day “white-collar terrorist” tasked with spreading jihadist propaganda, radicalizing vulnerable local youth online, passing sensitive information to handlers across the border, and identifying potential recruits in Jammu
Police sources say his suspicious online footprint had already put him on the radar, but the final chats provided the clinching evidence.
A case has been registered at the Bahu Fort Police Station under stringent anti-terror sections. Preliminary investigations indicate that Jammu may have been the target of a significant terror strike being coordinated from across the border.
Several foreign numbers—primarily Pakistan-based—have surfaced during the probe. Raids have already been carried out across multiple Jammu localities based on Sajid’s disclosures.
Shockingly, Sajid wasn’t just a passive recipient of extremist content—he was actively radicalizing other young people online. This revelation has forced investigators to widen the probe to identify potential recruits who may have already fallen under his influence.
In a stunning personal angle, Sajid is the son of Mohammad Aslam, a CRPF jawan currently posted in Delhi. The family moved from Reasi to Bathindi three years ago.
Neighbours describe Sajid as academically average, introverted, and rarely seen socializing—no one suspected he was secretly in touch with terror handlers across the border. Their former residence in Geeta Nagar, Reasi—now occupied by tenants—has turned into a hub of shock and speculation.
Sajid has been sent to six-day police remand as investigators intensify raids across Jammu to dismantle any remaining links of the network. His failure to delete a single chat may have prevented a major terror plot from unfolding in the region. |
