As the investigation into the Red Fort blast advances, the Delhi Police has intensified scrutiny of private hospitals and medical practitioners in the national capital to eliminate the threat of similar events in future. The Delhi Police has issued notices to all the private hospitals in Delhi seeking the details of all the doctors who have completed their MBBS in Pakistan, Bangladesh, the UAE, and China.
Several doctors were found involved in JeM-linked terror module
This development comes after the names of several doctors surfaced in connection with the Red Fort blast and the Jaish-e-Mohammad-linked Islamist terror module, which was behind the blast. The Red Fort blast that claimed over a dozen lives and injured several people was carried out by a doctor named Umar un Nabi, who was working at the Al Falah University in Faridabad, Haryana. Nabi was driving the Hyundai i20 car that exploded near the Red Fort in Delhi on 10th November.
Prior to the Red Fort blast, authorities busted a terror module, involving mainly doctors, most of whom were from Al Falah University. The Islamist terror module was connected to the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation, Jaish-e-Mohammad, and its activities were being coordinated by some foreign handlers. During the investigation of the terror module, police recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition, along with about 2900 kg of explosives. The university is facing probe by multiple agencies.
The NIA has so far arrested 7 terror suspects in connection with the Red Fort blast, namely Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama, Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather of Anantnag, Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian, all residents of Jammu and Kashmir, and Dr Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow in UP, Amir Rashid Ali, in whose name the car used in the blast was registered, Jasir Bilal Wani alias Danish, who had provided technical assistance to the terrorist involved in the attack, Soyab of Dhauj who provided shelter to terrorist Umar Un Nabi shortly before the November 10th blast near Red Fort in Delhi. Out of all the terror suspects arrested in connection with the case, three are doctors.
An investigation into some posters carrying JeM insignia, which were found pasted at several places in Bunpora, Nowgam, J&K, on 19th October, led the authorities to the Islamic terror module. During the investigation of the terror module, the investigating agencies discovered a widespread network that connects foreign handlers in Afghanistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to local operatives in India.
