No connection: Al-Falah University breaks silence after doctors arrested in terror module linked to Delhi blast
PTC News Desk: Al-Falah University has released a statement saying it has no connection with the two doctors detained by authorities in connection with the Faridabad terror module case. The university said the doctors were only associated with it in their official roles and called reports linking the university to the case “false and defamatory.”
The Faridabad terror module was uncovered on Monday after police found 2,900 kg of ammonium nitrate and other explosive materials from two rented rooms belonging to Dr. Muzammil Shakeel, a Kashmiri doctor working at Al-Falah Medical College. Police also recovered a Krinkov rifle and live bullets from a car registered to Dr. Shaheen, another doctor from the same institution, who is now being questioned.
Officials said Dr. Shaheen’s car was being used by Dr. Muzammil. Another doctor, Dr. Adeel Ahmad Rather, had already been arrested earlier from Saharanpur for allegedly putting up posters supporting the banned group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Srinagar. Based on information from his interrogation, the Faridabad raid was carried out. Investigators said they have found evidence of a “white-collar terror network” involving radicalised professionals and students in contact with handlers based in Pakistan and other countries.
In a statement, Vice Chancellor Dr. Bhupinder Kaur Anand said the university was “shocked and saddened” by the events and condemned them strongly. She confirmed that two doctors had been detained but stressed again that the university had no role or connection beyond their official employment.
She added that Al-Falah Group has been managing various institutions since 1997 and became a university in 2014, recognised by the University Grants Commission under sections 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956.
"Our university has been conducting various academic and professional courses and has been training undergraduate MBBS students since 2019. The doctors trained and graduated from our institution are presently serving in reputed hospitals, institutions, and organisations across India and abroad," she said.
Sources also revealed that another suspect, Mohammad Umar, who was working at Al-Falah Medical College, was part of the same group and planned the Red Fort blast along with two others. He reportedly carried out the attack alone after his accomplices were arrested earlier that day.
Meanwhile, an Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) team searched Dr. Shaheen’s house in Lucknow on Tuesday and seized documents related to her employment. Her brother, Dr. Parvez, was also questioned. Dr. Shaheen, who had previously worked as an assistant professor in Kanpur and Kannauj medical colleges, was allegedly tasked with forming and leading the women’s wing of Jaish-e-Mohammed in India, known as Jamaat-ul-Momineen. She was reportedly in contact with foreign handlers and used social media to recruit and expand the group’s network.
- With inputs from agencies
