In a major twist in the ongoing Delhi Red Fort blast investigation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has zeroed in on Al-Falah University in Faridabad, as yet another of its faculty members, Dr. Nisar-ul-Hassan, has come under the scanner. Dr. Nisar, who went missing after the blast, was earlier dismissed by the Jammu and Kashmir administration in 2023 for alleged links with terrorist organisations.
According to officials, Dr. Nisar-ul-Hassan, a Senior Resident and Professor at Al-Falah Medical College, is the fourth individual from the institution suspected of being part of a terror module involving Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind.
Investigators are now probing whether the university’s medical laboratories and research infrastructure were misused to assemble or store improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used in the Red Fort attack that killed 12 people and injured several others on Monday.
The list of suspects includes:
1. Dr. Umar Nabi, the suicide bomber and assistant professor at Al-Falah University.
2. Dr. Muzzamil Shakeel and Dr. Shaheen Shahid, both arrested with arms, ammunition, and explosives.
3. Dr. Nisar-ul-Hassan, now missing and previously dismissed in Jammu & Kashmir for terror links.
Dismissed From J&K for Terror Links in 2023
Records show that Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha dismissed Dr. Nisar from his position as Assistant Professor of Medicine at SMHS Hospital, Srinagar, on November 21, 2023.
The official dismissal order stated that the J&K administration was “satisfied” that his activities warranted removal from service due to his involvement in anti-national operations.
Following his dismissal, Dr. Nisar was recruited by Al-Falah University, where he served as a professor in the Department of Medicine until his disappearance after the Delhi blast.
In a statement issued Wednesday (Nov 12), Al-Falah University strongly denied any institutional complicity, expressing shock and grief over the developments.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Bhupinder Kaur Anand said the university was “deeply saddened and anguished by the unfortunate events” and offered condolences to the victims.
The statement clarified that while two doctors associated with the university had been detained, the institution had “no connection with their actions beyond professional employment.”
It further condemned the spread of “baseless and misleading stories aimed at maligning the university’s reputation.”
The high-intensity car blast near the Red Fort Metro Station on Monday evening was one of the deadliest terror strikes in recent years in the capital. Investigators suspect the attack was part of a larger plan to carry out multiple coordinated strikes across central Delhi, mirroring the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Officials have revealed that over 2,900 kg of explosives were seized during raids in Haryana, Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh, forming part of what they describe as a “white-collar terror module.”
Sources quoted in media say the terrorists had also planned to target India Gate, Constitution Club, and the Gauri Shankar Temple in a series of simultaneous bombings.
Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the injured at LNJP Hospital and will chair a high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the investigation’s progress.
