Serious questions are now being raised about how Al Falah University, long flagged for alleged irregularities, managed to function without adequate oversight — and how its campus became linked to one of Delhi’s deadliest terror incidents in recent years.
The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has now summoned the institution’s chairman and founder, Javed Ahmed Siddiqui, seeking answers that many feel should have been demanded long ago.
Siddiqui has been asked to appear with detailed documentation related to the accreditation, financial operations, and organisational structure of the Al Falah Charitable Trust, under which nine entities operate — including the Al Falah Medical Research Foundation, where Red Fort blast accused Umar Nabi and Muzammil Ganai were employed.
Officials confirmed that the Crime Branch notice, issued under Section 12(B) of the UGC Act, seeks records on accreditation and funding after both the UGC and NAAC flagged serious discrepancies in the university’s status following the November 10 blast.
Many now wonder how the university continued to function when its accreditation had allegedly expired, as stated in the NAAC notice that triggered two separate FIRs.
The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) also suspended Al Falah University’s membership, citing its poor “quality standing,” and directed immediate removal of AIU’s name and logo from all platforms — another alarming indication that the institution may have been operating with misleading credentials.
As the Inter-State Cell (ISC) of the Crime Branch probes deeper, investigators have uncovered a disturbing detail: planning for the terror attack was carried out inside the university campus at Dhauj, Faridabad.
This revelation has intensified public outrage about how such activities could take place within a 70-acre institution that claimed to be a centre of higher education.
The chain of events leading to the blast also raises troubling questions.
After 2,900 kg of explosives were seized in Faridabad, Umar fled to Nuh in an explosives-laden Hyundai i20, only to return to Delhi on November 10 — when the car exploded outside the Red Fort, killing at least 10 people.
People are now asking: Who facilitated the rise of a university with questionable credentials? What checks were conducted before permitting it to expand?
What were the true sources of its funding, especially given that several of Siddiqui’s earlier ventures in software, finance, energy, and education reportedly shut down over the years?
Siddiqui’s background is also under scrutiny. Originally from Madhya Pradesh and a graduate of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya in Indore, he first became director of Al Falah Investment Company in 1992 before founding the Al Falah Trust.
His history includes a 2000 investment fraud case in New Friends Colony, Delhi. He was arrested in 2001 and granted bail in 2004 on the condition that he refund the investors — a matter the Crime Branch will now re-examine.
Citizens, security analysts, and policymakers alike are demanding accountability:
How did an institution previously under the scanner continue to grow?
Why did regulatory bodies not intervene earlier?
How many other such institutions may be operating unchecked?
There is now a strong view that every private university, educational trust, and research foundation must undergo stringent verification, full financial transparency audits, and background checks of trustees and directors.
And if there is any doubt — any gap in accreditation, funding trail, or security — such institutions must be immediately sealed and investigated under the law to prevent them from becoming safe havens for criminal or terror-linked activities.
The Al Falah case may be just the beginning, and many believe it should serve as a wake-up call.
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