Delhi blast: Pulwama house of suspect Dr. Umar Nabi demolished

Faridabad police collect property records from Al-Falah University

A team from the Faridabad Police on Monday visited Al-Falah University and collected documents linked to the institution’s property, according to officials.

Razi Ahmad, who oversees the Al-Falah University office, confirmed the police visit and said, “A team of Faridabad Police came here and collected some documents.” He added that the officers sought papers pertaining to the university’s establishment and infrastructure. “The police asked for documents related to the land and the building of the University,” he said.

Ahmad also clarified the leadership structure of the institution, noting that “Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui is the Chairman of Al-Falah Charitable Trust and the Vice Chancellor of Al-Falah University.”

Kanpur doctor says flatmate Arif showed ‘no change in behaviour’

Dr Abhishek, the flatmate of Dr Arif, who is currently being questioned in connection with the Delhi terror blast case, said he had never noticed anything unusual about Arif’s conduct while they lived together.

Speaking to reporters, Dr Abhishek recalled that “he used to stay absolutely normal in the room. He used to come to work, then go back to the room.” The two met after Arif joined the cardiology department, and with no hostel rooms available, they decided to share a rented flat. “We were not getting rooms, so we decided to share a flat,” he said.

Clarifying that their relationship was limited to work interactions, Dr Abhishek noted, “We were not friends. Initially, when we come here, we do not get hostels, so the resident doctors usually rent a flat.” He added that he had never heard Arif mention the names of the other doctors now under scrutiny. “I never heard the names of Dr Shaheen or Dr Parwez from him,” he said.

According to him, there was no noticeable shift in Arif’s behaviour even after news of the blast emerged. “There was no change in his behaviour,” Dr Abhishek stated, adding that they had found the accommodation through a broker.

Hours before Delhi blast, Umar Nabi seen near mosque close to Ramlila Maidan

Fresh CCTV footage from the day of the Delhi blast shows prime suspect Dr Umar Nabi walking near a mosque close to the Ramlila Maidan, police said on Thursday.

In the footage, Umar can be seen walking straight along a narrow lane before turning his head to the right — the moment when the camera captures his face — and then continuing ahead. Investigators believe that he may have visited the mosque shortly before allegedly carrying out the explosion, a senior police officer said.

A massive blast had rocked Delhi on Monday evening when a Hyundai i20 car exploded at 6:52 pm near the Red Fort, killing 13 people and injuring several others. The impact of the explosion was such that several vehicles were damaged, and visuals from the site showed mangled bodies and scattered debris.

Officials said Umar, who is suspected to have been driving the explosives-laden car, was seen in multiple CCTV clips recorded across Delhi on the day of the incident.

One particular piece of footage from the Sunehri Masjid parking lot near the Red Fort shows him entering at 3:19 pm and leaving at 6:28 pm, barely 24 minutes before the explosion occurred. PTI 

Al-Falah University gets show-cause from NAAC over 'false accreditation claims'

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has issued a show-cause notice to Al-Falah University, which is under scanner in connection with the Delhi blast probe, for displaying false accreditation on its website, officials said on Thursday.

In the show-cause notice, the NAAC said it has noted that the Al-Falah University, "which is neither accredited nor applied for accreditation by NAAC", has publicly displayed on its website that "Al-Falah University is an endeavour of Al-Falah Charitable Trust, which has been running three colleges on the campus, namely Al Falah School of Engineering and Technology (since 1997, Graded A by NAAC), Brown Hill College of Engineering and Technology (since 2008), and Al-Falah School of Education and Training (since 2006, Graded A by NAAC)."

"This is absolutely wrong and misleading the public, especially the parents, students and stakeholders," the show-cause notice read. The NAAC has sought an explanation and directed the university to remove the NAAC accreditation details from its website and any other publicly available or distributed documents.

On Monday, a high-intensity blast ripped through a car near Red Fort in Delhi, killing 13 people and injuring several others, hours after the busting of a "white collar terror module". The arrested included three doctors linked to Al-Falah University. PTI 

Delhi blast case: Dr Shaheen Saeed’s Kanpur Medical College record probed

Dr. Shaheen Saeed, an accused in the Delhi terror blast case, headed the Pharmacology Department at Kanpur Medical College from September 1, 2012, to December 31, 2013, reported ANI. She joined the institution in 2012 after submitting her medical form and worked there as a lecturer until 2013, before being transferred to Kannauj Medical College.

Terror module: Ten persons picked up for questioning in Kashmir

Around 10 persons, including three government employees, have been picked up for questioning from various parts of Kashmir in connection with the 'white collar terror' module case, officials said.

The officials said the investigators picked up the suspects from Anantnag, Pulwama and Kulgam districts during overnight raids. Police and other security agencies have intensified the crackdown on the terror ecosystem in the valley in the aftermath of the Delhi blast on Monday that left 13 people dead.

The questioning of the suspects has revealed that some of them had visited Turkiye in the past one year, the officials said. While seven persons, including doctors, have been arrested in connection with the recovery of huge cache of explosives, the investigators have questioned more than 200 persons so far in connection with the "white collar terror" module.

The module was unearthed based on the information provided by two overground workers of terrorists who were arrested by police earlier this month. PTI

CCTV maps Dr Umar’s movements across Delhi before Red Fort blast

Delhi Police have tracked the movements of blast accused Dr Umar through CCTV footage from about 50 locations, showing he travelled across several parts of the city before reaching near the Red Fort on November 10. According to police mapping, he entered Delhi from Faridabad via the Badarpur border, moved through the South East, East, Central and North districts, stopped to eat in Ashok Vihar, visited a mosque in the Central District, and arrived at the Red Fort parking lot at 3:19 pm, reported ANI.

The report, quoting sources, further stated that after escaping from Faridabad, Umar had gone to Firozpur Jhirka via Mewat and later returned to Delhi on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, spending the night at a dhaba and sleeping in his car. Earlier today, police and FSL teams recovered a body part near the blast site. Diaries seized from Umar and co-accused Dr Muzammil mention dates between November 8 and 12 and list about 25 names, indicating a planned conspiracy.

CCTV shows blast car near Connaught Place before Red Fort explosion

CCTV footage shows a white Hyundai i20 car moving around Connaught Place before it was used in the blast near Red Fort on Monday evening.

Kanpur medical student questioned in connection with Delhi blast case

Kanpur’s LPS Institute of Cardiology confirmed that Dr Arif, a first-year cardiology student from Kashmir, was questioned in connection with the Delhi blast case. The college said he joined recently and lives off-campus.

CCTV shows Delhi blast suspect leaving Turkman Gate mosque before explosion

CTV footage shows suspect Dr Umar Nabi, who was driving the explosives-laden car, leaving the Turkman Gate mosque shortly before Monday evening’s blast.