A medical professor and a medical student from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday (November 13, 2025) in connection with the car blast near Red Fort.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has issued a Red Corner Notice against another doctor from Kashmir, now believed to be based in Dubai, whose brother has already been arrested. Dozens of people have been detained in J&K raids on persons and property linked to terror networks.
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Haryana police also recovered two vehicles owned by Umar Nabi, the prime suspect and sole occupant of the car that exploded in Delhi, killing 13 people, including one who succumbed to severe burns on Thursday (November 13). Delhi Police collected forensic evidence from a Jain temple and a marketplace near the blast site, and sources said the agencies had identified the shops from where the suspects obtained ammonium nitrate and also detained the shop owners for further investigation.
The Union government has ordered a forensic audit of all records of Al-Falah University in Faridabad, where a number of suspects studied or worked. The Enforcement Directorate and other financial investigation agencies have been asked to look into the money trail of the private institution, sources told PTI after a high-level review of the situation chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) also suspended the membership of Al-Falah University, saying it “does not appear to be in good standing”. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council had previously issued notices to the university about the fake certification on its website, which have since been completely removed.
The doctors held
Dr. Farukh, an assistant professor of obstetrics at Hapur’s GS Medical College, was detained by the Delhi Police from the university campus on Wednesday evening (November 12), PTI reported. He completed his medical education at Al-Falah University.
Official sources said Mohammad Arif Mir, a native of Khagund Qazigund in J&K and a first-year student of the Laxmipat Singhania Institute of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi State Medical College (GSVM) Medical College in Kanpur, was also detained by the UP Anti-Terrorism Squad. He is suspected of being in contact with Dr. By Shaheen Sayeed, a former GSVM professor who worked in Al-Falah and was arrested for “accumulating explosives” in the last year. The UP ATS later searched Mr Mir’s rented accommodation in Ashok Nagar, Nazirabad and seized his mobile phone and laptop for forensic examination before taking him to Delhi for questioning.
The J&K Police is on the lookout for Dr Muzaffar, who is believed to have moved to Dubai earlier this year. He is the brother of Dr. Adeel Ahmad Rather who has already been arrested. On November 7, an AK-47 rifle was recovered from Dr Rather’s locker at Anantnag Medical College, where he worked as a senior resident till October 24, 2024. According to official sources, police were tracking relatives of the arrested doctors who may have traveled to Turkey, Dubai and Afghanistan to identify any foreign links.
Forensic evidence
The Delhi Police visited the Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir, which is across the road from the Red Fort, to collect pieces of evidence of the blast scattered throughout the temple. “The FSL team has collected all the evidence from the temple and sent it for further investigation,” said a senior Delhi Police officer, adding that the team also visited the Lala Lajpat Rai Market near the blast site where a dismembered body part was found.
The Faridabad police arrested a person who parked a red Ford EcoSport car in Nabi’s property, registration number DL 10 CK 0458, in Khandawali village of Haryana a day ago and handed it over to the J&K police. Another white car, which the J&K police was looking for since the day of the blast, was seized from the Al-Falah University campus, Faridabad police said.
Tracking Nabi’s movement
Delhi Police complained of gaps in information shared between police teams in different states, with one Delhi police officer telling The Hindu that they were not alerted to the movement of a “high-profile suspect” by J&K or Haryana police. “Had we been alerted that a suspect was missing from Faridabad, we would have alerted all our checkpoints, including toll booths,” the officer said, pointing out that Nabi could be traced through CCTV footage using the same vehicle. Using footage from more than 50 cameras, the Delhi Police reconstructed Nabi’s last hours, from when he left Faridabad the night before the blast to his execution.
A source further told The Hindu that they learned that Nabi had visited Wazirpur on Monday (November 10) around 12 noon. “We are conducting door-to-door raids to establish a link to his visit,” police said. Police also conducted door-to-door searches in Jahangirpuri, Wazirpur and Ashok Vihar areas on Thursday (November 13), questioning residents.
raids of J&K
Meanwhile, the J&K Police said they have “intensified action against terror networks” in north and south Kashmir. Raids and searches continued in Kashmir against members of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and the families of those whose relatives are in Pakistan or Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK).
“Six persons associated with subversive networks were brought to police stations and bound under the law in Baramulla. 22 properties linked to terrorist associates were searched and 20 terrorist associates were bound and 02 were sent to jail under remand; two persons booked under UAPA (currently on bail) were investigated, one bound under preventive law,” police said.
The spokesperson said that eight UAPA accused released on bail have been identified for cancellation of bail and two have been produced before a competent court in the district. “Two Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) branches were searched to ensure compliance with the law and two fugitive UAPA accused were traced and legal action initiated,” police said.
Anti-terrorist intervention
In Shopian, police said they conducted “extensive searches at multiple locations across the district linked to members and associates of JeI and J&K nationals operating from Pakistan.
“The search is part of an ongoing operation aimed at identifying individuals and networks involved in providing any assistance, logistical or financial, to terrorist-related activities,” police said.
In Pulwama, cordon and search operations (CASO) were conducted at several suspected locations. “During the exercise conducted jointly with the security forces, several premises were searched and the identities of many persons were verified,” the police said.
“Severe Punishment Possible”
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the punishment for the Delhi car blast culprits will send a message to the world that no terrorist should even dare to think of committing such an act in India.
Mr. Shah said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the whole world has recognized India’s fight against terrorism in the last 11 years, adding that the Prime Minister is at the forefront of this fight globally. He stated that all those who committed this cowardly act and those behind it will be brought to justice and punished in the strictest possible manner. The Government of India and the Ministry of Home Affairs are fully committed to ensure this, he said.
(With PTI inputs)
Published – 14 Nov 2025 02:19 IST
