New Delhi: The investigation into the deadly Red Fort blast has intensified, with Delhi Police detaining three individuals — including two doctors from Haryana’s Al Falah University — as the institution faces fresh criminal cases over alleged regulatory violations.
Two FIRs have been registered against Al Falah University by the Crime Branch on charges of cheating and forgery after the UGC and NAAC flagged “major irregularities” in its functioning. A police team also visited the university’s Okhla office on Saturday to gather documents linked to those under scrutiny.
The detained doctors, Mohammad and Mustakim, were known associates of Dr Umar Nabi, who drove the Hyundai i20 car that exploded near the Red Fort, killing 13 people. Their detention followed coordinated raids across Dhauj, Nuh and nearby areas by the Special Cell and NIA. Officials said both were in touch with Dr Muzammil Ganaie, arrested earlier in a suspected “white-collar terror module.” One of them was reportedly in Delhi for an interview at AIIMS on the day of the blast.
🔴#BREAKING | 3 doctors from Mewat with links to Al Falah University taken into custody as #DelhiBlast case probe widens, 22 doctors currently under scanner
NDTV’s @AaquilJameel joins @GaurieD with more details pic.twitter.com/p6Cfdr2Gma
— NDTV (@ndtv) November 15, 2025
A third man, Dinesh alias Dabbu, has also been held for selling fertilisers without a licence. Investigators are probing whether he supplied NPK fertiliser to the module, which allegedly pooled ₹26 lakh to procure explosive materials.
Probe teams have questioned a tea seller in Wazirpur where Umar paused minutes before the blast, examined CCTV footage from a mosque near Ramlila Maidan, and prepared a detailed log of all vehicles parked at Sunehri Masjid during the hours the explosive-laden car remained there. A bomb squad continues to check each vehicle still parked at the site.
The NIA is now handling the UAPA case linked to the larger conspiracy. CCTV footage from inside Red Fort Metro station shows the concourse shaking violently at the moment of the explosion, sending commuters scrambling.
Faridabad Police said they have checked over 140 mosques, 1,700 tenants, 40 fertiliser shops, 200 hotels and guesthouses, and more than 500 J&K residents as part of the heightened security sweep.
Meanwhile, the DMRC has reopened entry gates 2 and 3 of Red Fort Metro station, which were closed for four days after the blast as a precaution.
