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Faridabad-based Al-Falah University had appointed 3 doctors — 2 arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the 3rd an alleged termination bomber of the November 2025 Red Fort country blast — isolated from different specialists without constabulary verification oregon scrutiny, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has found.
The agency, arsenic portion of its wealth laundering probe against the promoter of the university, is understood to person furnished statements of assorted elder executives and module of the varsity successful this discourse successful a chargesheet filed earlier a Delhi tribunal connected Friday (January 16, 2026).
Arrested 61-year-old Al-Falah Group Chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui and the Al-Falah Charitable Trust that controls each the acquisition institutions of the varsity are the 2 accused named successful the ailment filed nether assorted sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The astir 260-page chargesheet seeks prosecution of Mr. Siddiqui and his Trust for alleged procreation of illicit funds from fees paid by students, portion allegedly misrepresenting the accreditation and designation of his institutions.
In a connection issued connected Friday (January 16, 2026), the ED said it has provisionally attached the assemblage onshore and building, worthy astir ₹140 crore and located successful the Dhauj country of Faridabad.
The tribunal is yet to instrumentality cognisance of the ED chargesheet.
Quoting the ED chargesheet, officials told PTI that doctors astatine the aesculapian assemblage were employed "on paper" and were listed nether a "22 days punch" oregon "two days per week" clause to beryllium represented arsenic regular module "just to obtain" requisite approvals from the National Medical Commission (NMC) truthful that the healthcare installation runs uninterrupted.
According to officials, the ED has recorded the connection of the Registrar of the University, who "acknowledged" the sojourn of probe agencies to the field and the arrests of "Dr Muzammil and Dr Shaheen, associated with the University hospital." He said successful his connection that the doctors of the aesculapian college, established successful 2019, were hired "without" immoderate constabulary verification.
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University told the ED that the doctors reported to beryllium progressive successful terror-related activities — Dr. Muzammil Ganaie, a inferior nonmigratory successful wide medicine section since October 2021; Dr Shaheen Saeed, an subordinate prof successful pharmacology since October 2021, and Dr. Umar Nabi, the alleged termination bomber and an adjunct prof successful wide medicine since May 2024 — were appointed during her tenure.
She informed the bureau that these appointments were, however, "recommended" by the varsity's HR caput and "approved" by Siddiqui, pursuing which she issued ceremonial assignment letters.
The V-C is besides understood to person told the ED that "no constabulary verification oregon scrutiny" was conducted portion assignment of these doctors.
The explosives-laden car blast adjacent Delhi's Red Fort country connected November 10 past twelvemonth killed 15 radical and injured respective others. Dr. Nabi was stated to person been driving the car and was killed successful the blast, portion Dr. Ganaie and Dr. Saeed were arrested by the NIA. They, on with immoderate others, are presently successful judicial custody.
A papers appended successful the chargesheet besides lists the sanction of Dr. Nabi arsenic a regular doc astatine the aesculapian facility.
Siddiqui, successful his connection earlier the agency, is stated to person denied having "any connection" with a violent oregon banned organisation.
The ED records statements of assorted persons successful a wealth laundering probe nether Section 50 of the PMLA and specified statements are admissible earlier court.
Officials said the bureau has recorded statements of elder executives and module of Al-Falah University. It is alleged that the specialists, who were successful the wage rotation of the aesculapian college, were listed successful documents arsenic "on insubstantial doctors", "22 days punch" and "two days per week", but successful reality, they neither attended assemblage connected a regular ground nor took classes oregon attended to patients astatine its hospital.
The "on paper" doctors are employed lone for the intent of obtaining NMC clearance and different regulatory inspections, the ED is understood to person claimed successful the chargesheet.
The "on insubstantial staff" of the aesculapian assemblage were successful wide cognition of their presumption and their presumption of employment were "under control" of Siddiqui. He has allegedly provided "fake" enactment acquisition certificate to immoderate of them, arsenic per ED findings.
The bureau besides claimed that fiscal presumption of definite consultants, appointed arsenic subordinate professors and elder module members successful the paediatrics and neonatology departments, linked remuneration and appraisal to occupancy levels successful captious attraction units "irrespective" of objective necessity.
The bureau recovered that Siddiqui continued to "defraud" NMC adjacent during its past inspection of the aesculapian assemblage successful June 2025, pursuing which it was granted support to summation MBBS seats from 150 to 200.
These "on paper" doctors were paid "significantly" little salaries compared to different doctors of the aforesaid designation wrong the aforesaid department, the ED is understood to person found.
It is evident, the ED is stated to person concluded, that respective doctors were hired connected a impermanent ground to conscionable requirements during regulatory inspections and adjacent those moving successful the Al-Falah aesculapian assemblage had aggregate fraudulent employment terms.
Some substance and video chats appended by the bureau successful the chargesheet seemingly amusement that determination were nary patients, unit oregon doctors contiguous successful the infirmary premises and the full installation appeared to beryllium "non-functional" little than 3 weeks anterior to the NMC inspection and assessment.
It added that chats and records besides amusement that "fake" patients were admitted earlier the inspection.
The ED claimed that Siddiqui played a central, ascendant and controlling relation successful this lawsuit of alleged wealth laundering.
The alleged proceeds of transgression established by the bureau successful the lawsuit basal astatine ₹493.24 crore and this, it claimed, was received arsenic yearly tuition interest and introspection interest by "deceiving" students of the Al-Falah University connected the ground of "false" claims of NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) accreditation and owed UGC (University Grants Commission) recognition.
The bureau is expected to record an further chargesheet, arsenic the "proceeds of crime", oregon illicit funds nether PMLA, are apt to summation since the existent probe has taken into relationship the varsity's finances lone until March 2025.
