Some former ‘students’ of the Islamic terror hub Al Falah University, which has been facing scrutiny since the Red Fort blast last year, have revealed that they were misled into taking admission to the varsity based on false claims that it was accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). According to The Indian Express, the disclosure statements of eight former students who enrolled in engineering or education courses at the university were filed by the Delhi Police with the Saket Court on Wednesday (25th March).
The Faridabad-based university came under scrutiny after three doctors working at the Al-Falah School of Medical Sciences & Research Centre were found to be associated with a terror module linked to the Delhi Red Fort Blast. One of the two charge sheets against the university, one reportedly relates to the claim of NAAC accreditation, and the other pertains to misrepresentation of qualifications under Section 12(b) of the University Grants Commission Act.
According to the police, the NAAC accreditation of the university’s B.Ed. degree college and the engineering college expired in 2016 and 2019, respectively. The police included the replies of the University Grants Commission regarding the university’s accreditation. Some of the students who enrolled in the university after 2016 have been named as prosecution witnesses in the case. The students reportedly told the police that the purported NAAC accreditation of the university was the reason they decided to enrol in the university. They hoped that this would enhance their employment prospects.
Notably, Al Falah University Chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui was arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch in connection with a financial fraud case in February 2026. Earlier in November 2025, Siddiqui was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on the charge of money laundering. The ED later submitted before a Delhi court that Al-Falah University had generated proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 415 crore by dishonestly inducing students to enrol using false claims. In January this year, the ED attached immovable properties worth Rs 139.97 crore belonging to the university.
The three doctors from the university, who were found to be associated with the Jaish-e-Mohammad-linked terror module behind the Red Fort blast, were identified as Umar un Nabi, Shaheen Ansari and Muzammil Ganai. Umar un Nabi was the one who carried out the blast at the Red Fort in Delhi in November last year and died in the blast. Ganai was arrested in October last year after police discovered 350 kg of explosive material in his rented residence in Faridabad. Later on, Ansari was also taken into custody.
The police have, so far, arrested 11 accused in connection with the Red Fort blast. On Monday (23rd March), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at nine locations in Jammu and Kashmir as part of its investigation into the blast case.
