NEW DELHI: “Kuchh bada hona chaiye, Hindustan ko rona chaiye.” This was the intercepted communication that left intelligence sleuths alarmed and eventually led them to bust the Jaish-e-Mohammed module led by Abdul Latif Ganaie.The son of a pro-government mercenary in the Valley, Ganaie could have joined Indian Army. However, he changed tracks during his four-year stint at Jamia Arbia Darul Uloom Madrassa in Sopore (J&K) where he was training to become a Mufti DCP Pramod Kushwaha told TOI that Ganaie came in contact with radical elements at the madrassa and was motivated to join the jihad in the Valley. “He started chatting with these fringe elements via social platforms. Impressed by his posts, JeM handler, Abu Mauz, radicalised him by sending various audio and video clips of Jaish chief Maulana Masood Azhar,” he added.In 2016, Ganaie was arrested twice after being identified as a stone-pelter in the violence that erupted at Ganderbal. He was formally inducted into Jaish a year ago and made the district commander. This was when he got married. He has a three-month-old daughter. He was also contacted by one Mohammed Pasha of Nanded, Maharastra and the two started talking over the phone. To indoctrinate Pasha, Ganaie claimed to be Fidayeen.Pasha then came to Delhi, got three stamps prepared in the name of Jaish commanders and handed them over to Ganaie on January 3. These were to be used for owning up to serial blasts. They were also in the process of getting Jaish pamphlets printed. Apart from Pasha, Ganaie recruited mujahids Hilal Ahmad Bhat, Bilal Bhati alias Burhan, Shahbaz, and Asif and brainwashed them into working for Jaish.Ganaie was first tasked by Abu Mauz to carry out grenade strikes in and around Srinagar. After his success, he was asked to carry out similar strikes in Delhi.Sleuths said that Ganaie had made several hideouts in Delhi and Kashmir. He first stayed at a house in Wazirabad of north Delhi last year. He went undetected there, but his cover was blown at his Laxmi Nagar hideout.In Kashmir, a police team comprising DCP Kushwaha, ACP Attar Singh and inspector Shiv Kumar identified two of the hideouts after conducting multiple raids for 72 hours. On several occasions, the teams were attacked by locals during cordon and search operations late at night. At one point, they were holed up due to stone-pelting that started during their raid at a house in Bandipora.“Although, we had units of Rashtriya Rifles and J&K Police with us, we faced stiff resistance from the locals. We then gave inputs to our counterparts in the Valley who are now conducting further raids,” an officer said.