How Faridabad's Al Falah University Has Landed In The Spotlight Amid Delhi Terror Attack Probe

Terror knocked on the Capital’s doors on Monday as the Jammu and Kashmir Police recovered two AK-47 rifles and 350 kilograms of explosives from Haryana’s Faridabad, unearthing what officials described

as a potential Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror plot in the works.

Seven suspects—all with links to Jammu and Kashmir—were arrested, including medical students at Faridabad’s Al-Falah University from where police arrested Dr Muzammil Shakeel and seized ammonium nitrate, an AK-47 rifle, and ammunition from his room.

The probe has brought the spotlight on the Al Falah University, which was established in 2014. Located in Dhauj, the university with a 70-acre campus was recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in 2015. It also houses a 650-bed charitable hospital called the Al-Falah Hospital, which is a part of the Al-Falah School of Medical Sciences and Research Center. There are also separate hostel facilities for boys and girls.

The private university established by the Al-Falah Charitable Trust has an ‘A’ grade accreditation from NAAC.

The university offers courses across various disciplines, including engineering, management, commerce, education, humanities, computer science, law, and medical and allied health sciences, and provides diplomas, undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes.

Apart from the university, the Trust also operates several other educational institutions, including the Al-Falah School of Engineering and Technology, Brown Hill College of Engineering and Technology, Al-Falah School of Education and Training, Al-Falah School of Physical and Molecular Sciences, Al-Falah School of Commerce and Management, and Al-Falah School of Paramedical and Health Sciences.

Delhi Blast

While Monday morning saw hectic activity as police nabbed the accused, who allegedly used encrypted channels for indoctrination and fund movement, with funds purportedly raised via professional and academic networks, the Capital was rocked by a deadly blast in the evening at 6.52pm outside the Red Fort metro station in which eight people were killed and 20 injured.

While some reports linked the blast to the Faridabad haul, police sources said the link was under probe.

New CCTV photos and a video exclusively accessed by CNN-News18, reportedly from November 10 at 6.22pm, show a man driving a Hyundai i20 car—the same vehicle that later exploded at the Subhash Marg traffic signal near the Red Fort.

According to sources, the man had reportedly gone to Old Delhi Railway Station to drop off a relative before the incident.

Following the blast, the Delhi Police registered a case under stringent anti-terror provisions, including Sections 16 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), along with various sections of the Explosives Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).