#BreakingNews: ED Raids 25 Al-Falah University Premises in Massive Terror-Financing Probe

Enforcement Directorate teams simultaneously raided 25 premises connected to Haryana’s Al-Falah University, including its administrative office in Delhi’s Okhla and the sprawling 70-acre main campus in Faridabad’s Dhauj village. The sweeping operation marks the sharpest escalation yet in the investigation into possible terror financing after three doctors employed at the university’s medical college were directly implicated in last week’s horrific car bomb attack near Delhi’s Red Fort that claimed 13 lives and injured more than 20.

The three accused — Dr Umar Siddiqui, who perished while driving the explosive-rigged SUV; Dr Shaheen Abdullah, arrested after assault rifles and grenades were recovered from her car; and Dr Muzammil Shareef, whose rented accommodation outside campus yielded an astonishing 2,900 kg of ammonium nitrate, detonators, and circuit boards — were all on the payroll of Al-Falah School of Medical Sciences and Research Centre. Sources say the sheer scale of explosives recovered suggests the group was planning multiple attacks, turning the spotlight on how a UGC-recognised university allegedly became a recruitment and logistics hub for terrorists.

Central agencies have now ordered a complete forensic audit of the university’s books dating back to its inception in 2014, with the ED probing money laundering and hawala trails while Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing examines suspicious foreign donations and student fee routing. The National Investigation Agency, leading the blast probe, has seized laptops, mobile phones, and financial records from faculty quarters, fearing the institution may have been used to radicalise and shelter operatives under the cover of legitimate employment.

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Al-Falah was already on shaky ground: the University Grants Commission and NAAC had flagged it for fake accreditation claims, leading to two FIRs for cheating and forgery; the Association of Indian Universities has suspended its membership, declaring the institution “not in good standing.” Established under the Al-Falah Charitable Trust, which began with an engineering college in 1997, the university expanded aggressively into medicine, engineering, humanities, and computer science — but now faces existential questions about its funding sources and oversight.

Vice Chancellor Prof Bhupinder Kaur Anand issued a defiant statement insisting the university “has no connection with the said persons apart from them being employees” and condemned “malicious” media coverage aimed at destroying its reputation. Yet with raids continuing into the night and more faculty members reportedly taken for questioning, the once-obscure campus has become the epicentre of one of India’s most alarming terror-financing investigations.

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