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NIA Takes Key Accused to Campus in Red Fort Blast Probe as Women-Led Plot Alleged

Investigators report recovery of cash, gold, foreign currency from her university room.

Overview

  • NIA officers conducted on-site questioning with Dr Shaheen Shahid at Al-Falah University on Thursday, mapping locations tied to her movements and contacts.
  • Searches at her campus accommodation yielded ₹18.5 lakh in cash, two gold biscuits, jewellery weighing 300 grams, and foreign currency from Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and the UAE.
  • Officials say she sought to recruit women for the bombing and is alleged to have links to Jaish-e-Mohammed’s women’s wing following a period working in Saudi Arabia.
  • A Delhi court sent three doctors — Shaheen, Muzammil Ganaie and Adeel Rather — and preacher Maulvi Irfan Ahmed Wagay to 10 days’ judicial custody, with seven arrests reported in total.
  • Investigators earlier took co-accused Dr Muzammil for campus verification and plan a similar exercise for Dr Adil, while separate detentions in Haldwani targeted an imam and an associate; the November 10 car blast near Red Fort killed 15 and injured several.