As Delhi reels from the Red Fort blast, investigators have arrested Lucknow-based Dr Shaheen in connection with a major explosives recovery in Faridabad. Her father, Syed Ahmad Ansari, says he’s in disbelief, claiming the family had no knowledge of her alleged links.
Syed Ahmad Ansari, father of Lucknow-based doctor Dr Shaheen arrested in the Faridabad explosives case, speaks to the media as Delhi Police intensify investigations into the Red Fort blast. | Pic courtesy: IANS
The father of Lucknow-based doctor Dr Shaheen, who was arrested in connection with a major explosives recovery in Faridabad, said he was in complete shock after learning about her detention.
Speaking to news agency IANS on Tuesday, Syed Ahmad Ansari, Dr Shaheen’s father, said he never imagined his daughter could be linked to such an incident. “I cannot believe that my daughter was involved in such activities,” he said.
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Dr Shaheen, who belongs to Daliganj in Lucknow, was taken into custody on Monday. She studied medicine in Allahabad and worked in Faridabad, where she lived with her husband, a man from Maharashtra.
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“My eldest son, Shoaib, lives here with me. The second, Shaheen Syed, was arrested yesterday. She studied medicine in Allahabad. My younger son, Parvez Ansari, whose house was raided this morning, left the city long ago,” shared Ansari.
Both Shaheen and Parvez pursued medical education, he added, saying he hadn’t seen them in over a year and a half.
“I last spoke to Shaheen about a month ago, but I talk to Parvez almost every week. I had no idea about Shaheen’s arrest. I last spoke to Parvez last Tuesday. We never discussed anything except his well-being,” he said..
Parvez, according to his father, now lives in Saharanpur with his wife.
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Investigators said Dr Shaheen was associated with Al-Falah University in Haryana and allegedly maintained close contact with Dr Muzammil, a Kashmiri doctor who was arrested after police discovered nearly 2,900 kg of explosives and inflammable material in his rented accommodations in Faridabad.
Based on Muzammil’s statements, the police later seized a Swift car registered to a woman doctor from Al-Falah Hospital, recovering a Kalashnikov assault rifle from the vehicle.
Haryana DGP OP Singh confirmed that extensive raids are underway across several districts, including at Al-Falah Medical College and Hospital, as authorities track the network behind the seized cache of arms and explosives. Searches were also conducted on the Al-Falah University campus, with several individuals (including faculty members and students) taken in for questioning.
Police sources said more than 52 people, including the medical college principal, have been interrogated so far.
The arrests follow a blast near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro Station a day earlier, where a Haryana-registered Hyundai i20 exploded near Gate No 1, killing at least eight people and injuring several others. Teams from the NIA and ATS later visited Dr Shaheen’s family home in Lucknow as part of the widening probe into the suspected Faridabad terror module.
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