Red Fort Blast: Al-Falah Doctors First Tested Explosives At University Premises, Moved To Aravalli For IED Testing

Red Fort Blast Case: The chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Red Fort car blast case has revealed major details about how the attack was planned. It has now come to light that Aravalli forests and isolated fields in Faridabad had become testing grounds for a “white-coat” terror module linked to three Al-Falah University doctors.

Aravalli Forests Used For Testing

According to the chargesheet, the group allegedly tested explosives, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and firearms as part of preparations for a suicide bombing that killed 11 people near the Red Fort on November 10 last year. The chargesheet also describes a trail of activity that began around the university before moving to fields and forested areas of Dhauj in Haryana.

Testing Began Near University

According to the NIA, Dr Umar Un Nabi, Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganaie and Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather allegedly experimented with explosive mixtures. The module initially worked with fertiliser-based mixtures and later shifted to TATP after tests demonstrated its destructive potential.

The chargesheet said the explosives trail began on the Al-Falah campus. During September-October last year, Umar, Ganaie and Jasir Bilal Wani, a student accused of assisting the module, tested nitro-glycerine near a tubewell on the university premises. The NIA said the explosive had been prepared at the student’s flat.

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The group then conducted test blasts in a field outside the university before moving to Aravallis. It is stated that Umar and Ganaie carried out additional TATP tests in Dhauj. The NIA said remnants of a pipe-like device used in one such test was also recovered.

The chargesheet further states that Dr Shaheen Shahid, an associate professor in Al-Falah’s pharmacology department, provided around Rs 16 lakh to members of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), a militant outfit founded in Kashmir in 2016. According to NIA, the money was routed through Ganaie and used to procure a Krinkov rifle, an AK-47 and two pistols.

Bought Materials From Gurgaon, Faridabad

The chargesheet said the procurement of material was also carried out systematically. Umar, Ganaie, Shaheen and Wani allegedly visited markets in Gurgaon and Faridabad to purchase fertilisers, chemicals, electrical equipment, trolley bags, collapsible water bags, gas stoves and other materials required for the preparations. The material was initially kept in flats on the Al-Falah campus and was later shifted to rented properties near Dhauj.

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