Delhi blast probe: Faridabad’s AlFalah University hired doctors without checks, says ED; 54acre campus land attached

NEW DELHI: Red Fort suicide bomber Dr Umar Nabi and two of his colleagues at Al-Falah University of Faridabad, Dr Muzammil and Dr Shaheen, were among several faculty and staff at the medical college appointed with direct approval of university chancellor Javed Ahmad Siddiqui, without any police verification or scrutiny, the ED has said in its chargesheet filed against him on Friday.

Siddiqui was arrested within a week of the Nov 10 Red Fort terror blast on money laundering charges and is currently in judicial custody. On Friday, ED attached the 54-acre university land and buildings and called its Rs 450 crore income as proceeds of crime.

Muzammil, a junior resident in general medicine, worked in the university’s medical college, while Shaheen worked as an associate professor in the pharmacology dept, both since Oct 2021. Umar Nabi, an assistant professor in general medicine, was with the Al-Falah medical college since May 2024.

“Doctors on paper” and “22-day punch doctors” were among several illegal practices at the Al-Falah medical college, where faculty and staff, and even patients were assembled just before any inspection of the National Medical Commission was scheduled, ED said, adding it found that some “faculty” members, including those from Kashmir, were hired at Al-Falah without checking their antecedents or affiliation with terror outfits.

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