MBBS student of Al-Falah University arrested in connection with Delhi blast

Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in a joint operation with the West Bengal Police, arrested an MBBS student of Al-Falah University in Faridabad in connection with the Delhi blasts, sources in the state police confirmed on Saturday.

The student, identified as Nisar Alam, was arrested by police from Dalkhola in North Dinajpur district, West Bengal. He and his family had settled in Ludhiana, Punjab, for quite some time. However, their ancestral house is still in Dalkhola.

It is learnt that he arrived in Dalkhola earlier this week, along with his mother and sister, to attend a family function. The NIA sleuth tracked Alam's mobile tower location in Dalkhola, and following this, the Central Intelligence Agency sleuths reached Dalkhola on Friday and finally arrested him that day.

After the arrest, Alam was first taken to the local Islampur Police Station. After interrogating him at the police station for a couple of hours, the accused was later shifted to Siliguri in the Darjeeling district. As per information available till Saturday morning, the NIA sleuths might bring him to Delhi on a transit remand later in the day.

The local people of Konal village in Dalkhola, where the accused's ancestral house is located, told media persons that although the Alam family had shifted to Ludhiana quite some time ago, they were in touch with their relatives residing at the ancestral house.

"Alam and his other family members used to come to Konal from time to time to meet their relatives. We have found him to be an extremely well-mannered and soft-spoken youth. We could never guess about his association with insurgency activities," a resident of Konal told media persons on Saturday morning.

Al-Falah University, a private institution located about 27 km from the Haryana-Delhi border, on Raga Road, District Faridabad, Dhauj, has come under national spotlight over the past few days owing to shocking developments that include a massive recovery of explosives and the blast near the iconic Red Fort in Delhi that left 13 people dead, dozens injured, and shook the nation.

In the past few days, police teams have made multiple visits to the Al-Falah University campus in Dhauj, Faridabad, questioning about 52 doctors as part of their investigation. Authorities are trying to gather details about Dr Muzammil Shakeel, Dr Shaheen Shahid, and Dr Umar Mohammed — the trio suspected of operating a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror module.
(With IANS inputs)