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New Delhi: Faridabad-based Al Falah University appointed at least three doctors with alleged terror links—two later arrested by the National Investigation Agency and a third identified as the suicide bomber in the November 2025 blast near the Red Fort—without any police verification or background scrutiny, the Enforcement Directorate has found.
The revelations form part of a money-laundering chargesheet filed in a Delhi court, naming Al Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui and the Al Falah Charitable Trust. Investigators allege the university generated illicit funds by charging fees while misrepresenting regulatory approvals and accreditations.
According to the ED, senior faculty and executives told investigators that doctors were hired without police verification and, in several cases, were mainly employed “on paper” under arrangements such as “22 days punch” or “two days per week” to meet inspection norms of the National Medical Commission. These practices allegedly continued even during the NMC’s June 2025 inspection, after which the medical college was allowed to expand MBBS seats from 150 to 200.
The ED has provisionally attached the university’s land and buildings in Faridabad’s Dhauj area, valued at about ₹140 crore. The court is yet to take cognisance of the chargesheet.
Investigators recorded statements indicating that the Vice-Chancellor issued appointment letters for the three doctors—Dr Muzammil Ganaie, Dr Shaheen Saeed and Dr Umar Nabi—on recommendations from HR and with Siddiqui’s approval, but without any police checks. Nabi was later identified as the suicide bomber in the Red Fort-area blast, while the NIA arrested Ganaie and Saeed, and they remain in judicial custody.
The ED further alleges systemic fraud: “on-paper” doctors paid lower salaries than peers; fake work-experience certificates; remuneration linked to ICU occupancy irrespective of clinical need; and evidence suggesting the hospital was essentially non-functional weeks before inspections, with “fake” patients admitted ahead of assessments.
The agency estimates the alleged proceeds of crime at ₹493.24 crore, claiming students were deceived through false assertions of NAAC accreditation and recognition by the University Grants Commission. Officials said the figure could rise, as the probe has so far examined finances only up to March 2025.
Overseas angle: Investigators say several communications and funding trails in related terror cases point to handlers operating abroad, underscoring how regulatory lapses in domestic institutions can be exploited by transnational extremist networks—an issue Indian agencies are flagging to international partners amid heightened global scrutiny of terror financing and academic compliance.
Siddiqui has denied any links with banned or terrorist organisations. The ED said further action, including a supplementary chargesheet, is likely as the investigation widens.
