The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out searches at multiple locations linked to Al Falah University, its trustees, and associated individuals as part of the investigation into the November 10 blast near the Red Fort.
Raids began around 5 a.m. at the university&rsquo;s head office in Okhla and several other premises. 
Officials said the searches aim to examine financial and operational connections that may be relevant to the case.
The wider investigation into the blast continues to evolve. 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a second aide of the suspected suicide bomber, while another accused is expected to be produced in court later on Tuesday. 
The founder of Al Falah University, Javed Farooqi, has also been summoned for questioning by the Crime Branch in Chanakyapuri.
On Monday, a Delhi court sent Aamir Rashid Ali, a resident of Samboora in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir, to 10 days of NIA custody. 
Ali is accused of conspiring with Dr Umar Muhammad Nabi, the alleged suicide bomber in the November 10 attack. 
He was arrested on November 16 during an extensive search operation launched after the NIA took over the case. 
Investigators confirmed that the vehicle used in the blast was registered in his name.
According to initial findings, Ali travelled to Delhi to help Nabi purchase the car and later convert it into a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (IED).
Later on Monday, investigators arrested another key associate, Jasir Bilal Wani, also known as Danish, in Srinagar. 
Officials allege that Wani modified drones and attempted to develop rockets, providing technical support to the group responsible for the attack.
Further details have emerged about a &ldquo;white-collar&rdquo; terror module uncovered in Faridabad. 
Investigators found that the group relied primarily on Telegram and used food-based code words to conceal their plans.&nbsp;
In their encrypted exchanges, &ldquo;biryani&rdquo; referred to explosive materials and &ldquo;daawat&rdquo; signified an impending operation. 
When an IED was ready, the group notified each other with the message: &ldquo;Biryani is ready, get ready for daawat.&rdquo;
The module allegedly included Muzamil Shakeel, Dr Umar Muhammad Nabi, Dr Shaheen Saeed, and Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather. 
Their radicalisation is believed to have been guided by Imam Irfan Ahmad from Shopian, identified by investigators as the mastermind. 
Ahmad reportedly met Dr Umar in 2020 at a Srinagar hospital, where continued interactions eventually contributed to Dr Umar&rsquo;s radicalisation.
Once convinced of his loyalty, Ahmad instructed Dr Umar to recruit others. 
The group was later taken to meet Jaish-e-Muhammad operatives in south Kashmir, where they received two AK-series assault rifles. 
One of these weapons was recovered from Dr Shaheen Saeed&rsquo;s vehicle.
Saeed told investigators she had met the others around six months before the blast and claimed she was unaware of the group&rsquo;s actual intentions.
All four doctors have since been removed from both the Indian Medical Register and the National Medical Register, barring them from practising medicine in India.
&mdash;IANS

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November 18, 2025 | 16:51 IST