- By Priyanka Koul
- Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:29 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Faridabad Terror Plot: In a recent update, new details have emerged regarding Ishtiaq, the imam of the mosque at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, who was arrested in connection with the Delhi blast case. According to reports, Ishtiaq hails from Singar village in Nuh district and had visited his village about two months ago to meet his mother.
Sources cited by Jagran.com report that Ishtiaq was appointed as the imam (Islamic religious leader) of the mosque at Al-Falah University around 20 years ago. In Fatehpur Taga village of Faridabad, he had built a three-room house, which he rented out.
It is reported that one of these rooms was rented to Dr. Mohammad Mujammil, affiliated with the university. A large quantity of ammonium nitrate was recovered from this room, prompting investigative agencies to take Ishtiaq into custody.
Local sources indicate that Ishtiaq has four brothers, two of whom also serve as imams in mosques in Singar village. Police are now investigating Ishtiaq’s family and social connections to determine whether any other networks were involved in the blast conspiracy.
Al-Falah University has officially denied any links with the arrested doctors involved in the interstate terror module case. This comes after Dr. Umar Nabi, the suspected suicide bomber in the Red Fort blast, was identified as an assistant professor at Al-Falah University. Additionally, another teacher, Dr. Muzammil Shakil, was arrested from his rented accommodation in Faridabad.
On Wednesday, the university issued its first statement on the matter, “They have no connection with the said [arrested/detained] persons apart from them being employed in their official capacities with the university.”
Who Is Dr Muzammil Shakil, MBBS Lecturer Linked To The Faridabad Terror Plot?
During an operation in Faridabad’s Fatehpur Taga, Jammu and Kashmir and Faridabad Police recovered 2,563 kg of explosives packed in 50 sacks from the home of an imam, a close associate of terrorist Muzammil Shakeel. Shakeel is a doctor from Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, and a key link in the interstate and transnational terror module of Jaish-e-Mohamamd and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind outfits.
The police teams have been raiding the house belonging to Irfan, the mosque's imam, since Monday morning.
The huge recovery comes a day after 350 kg of explosives and several arms and ammunition were recovered from a rented accommodation on Sunday in Faridabad. According to the initial police probe, the recovered substance is likely ammonium nitrate.
Both the accommodations were rented by Shakeel. Additionally, the police have arrested a woman doctor working at the Al-Falah Medical College and Hospital after an assault rifle and a pistol were recovered from her car. The woman doctor was traced after Shakeel’s interrogation.
Shakeel also worked at Al-Falah Medical College and Hospital. He was arrested 10 days ago after evidence linking him to Jaish-e-Mohammed emerged.
