As police continue probe into the doctors’ wing of Jaish-e-Mohammed behind the 10 October car bomb blast in Delhi, four more people have been arrested in the case, including three doctors. Significantly, all three doctors are linked to Al Falah University, already under intense scrutiny over links to terror network. Two of them are doctors working there, while the third one completed MBBS from the university’s medical college last year.
As per Delhi police, the two doctors identified as Dr. Mohammad and Dr. Mustakim were detained from Nuh in Haryana by a Delhi Police Special Cell, assisted by a National Investigation Agency team. They were allegedly in touch with Dr. Muzammil Ganaie, who was earlier arrested after finding huge quantities of explosives from his possession.
The other doctor to be detained was Jahnisar Alam, who was picked up from West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district for questioning in connection with the probe. As per reports, he completed his MBBS from Al Falah University in 2024. He was visiting his relatives in Dalkhola when he was picked up on Friday from the Surjapur market by a NIA team.
After his arrest, the accused was taken to Islampur police station from where he was moved to Siliguri, from where he will be taken to Delhi on a transit remand. The exact reason for his detention is not clear. Jahnisar Alam’s family members said that all his MBBS batch mates from Al Falah University are being questioned by the police.
With Dr Shaheen Shahid, so far five doctors linked with Al-Falah have been arrested/detained in this case. Dr. Umar Un Nabi, the fifth doctor from the university, died in the explosion as he was driving the car carrying the IED.
While the university has denied any link to the terror activities of its doctors, it is clear that a terror network was thriving on the campus.
The other person to be arrested from Nuh is Dinesh alias ‘Dabbu,’ for selling fertilisers without a license. Amonium Nitrate, which has been recovered in huge quantities from the terror network involving doctors, is a fertiliser product. It is being probed if his activities extended beyond illegal trade, the officials said.
In a parallel development, Delhi Police on Saturday registered two separate first information reports (FIRs) against the Al-Falah University. One FIR is over alleged cheating, and the second FIR pertains to alleged false accreditation claims made by the university. “The Delhi Crime Branch has filed two separate FIRs against Al-Falah University, one for cheating and the second under sections of forgery,” the Delhi Police said in a statement.
A team from the Delhi Crime Branch visited the Al Falah University office in Okhla. The police has issued a notice to the university and requested certain documents from them.
The development comes after NAAC issued a show cause notice to the university for continuing to display details of expired accreditation. The NAAC said that the Al-Falah university claimed on its website that its Al Falah School of Engineering and Technology and Al-Falah School of Education and Training are accredited under NAAC, but the fact is that these accreditations expired years ago.