Al Falah University

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has found that Faridabad-based Al Falah University appointed several doctors, including those later linked to terror cases, without any police verification or proper background checks.

According to the ED, three doctors were appointed at the university’s medical college without scrutiny. Two of them were later arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), while the third was allegedly the suicide bomber involved in the November 2025 Red Fort area blast in Delhi. Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel

The findings form part of a money laundering investigation against the university’s promoter. The ED has submitted a detailed chargesheet of around 260 pages before a Delhi court, which is yet to take cognisance of the case.

The accused named in the chargesheet are Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, chairman of the Al Falah Group, and the Al Falah Charitable Trust, which runs the university. Siddiqui was arrested earlier in connection with the case.

In a statement issued on Friday, the ED said it has provisionally attached land and buildings of the university, worth about ₹140 crore, located in the Dhauj area of Faridabad.

Quoting the chargesheet, officials said many doctors at the medical college were employed only “on paper” to meet regulatory requirements. These doctors were shown as working under arrangements such as “22 days punch” or “two days per week” to project them as regular faculty during inspections by the National Medical Commission (NMC).

The ED recorded statements of senior officials, including the university registrar, who acknowledged that doctors linked to terror cases — Dr Muzammil Ganaie and Dr Shaheen Saeed — were associated with the university hospital and were arrested following investigations. The registrar admitted that no police verification was conducted while appointing doctors at the medical college, which was established in 2019.

The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the university told the ED that the appointments of Dr Muzammil Ganaie (junior resident), Dr Shaheen Saeed (associate professor), and Dr Umar Nabi (assistant professor and alleged suicide bomber) took place during her tenure. She said the appointments were recommended by the HR department and approved by Siddiqui, after which formal appointment letters were issued. She also confirmed that no police verification or scrutiny was carried out.

The Red Fort area car blast on November 10, 2025, killed 15 people and injured several others. Dr Umar Nabi was allegedly driving the explosives-laden vehicle and died in the blast, while Ganaie and Saeed were arrested by the NIA and are currently in judicial custody.

The ED also found that several specialists listed as faculty did not regularly attend the college, teach students, or treat patients. These “on paper doctors” were allegedly hired only to secure NMC approvals and regulatory clearances. Some were issued fake work experience certificates, while others were paid much lower salaries than regular faculty of the same rank.

The agency further alleged that during inspections, fake patients were admitted and hospital activity was artificially created to mislead regulators. Chat records included in the chargesheet reportedly show that the hospital was largely non-functional shortly before inspections.

According to the ED, Siddiqui played a central and controlling role in the alleged money laundering operation. The agency has estimated the proceeds of crime at ₹493.24 crore, which it claims were generated by deceiving students through false claims of NAAC accreditation and proper University Grants Commission recognition.

The ED said the investigation is ongoing and an additional chargesheet may be filed, as the current probe only accounts for the university’s finances up to March 2025.

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached assets worth around ₹140 crore belonging to Haryana-based Al Falah University, which had come under scrutiny following the November 10 blast near the Red Fort, officials said.

According to officials, about 54 acres of land of the university located in the Dhauj area of Faridabad, along with university buildings, hostels, and structures housing various schools and departments, have been provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The properties are owned by the Al Falah Trust and have been categorised as “proceeds of crime”.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel

The ED has also filed a charge sheet before a special PMLA court against Al Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui and the Al Falah Trust. Both have been named as accused, and the agency has sought their prosecution under the anti-money laundering law.

Siddiqui was arrested by the ED in November in connection with money laundering charges linked to alleged cheating of students. The agency has claimed that educational institutions run by the trust lacked valid accreditation and recognition, despite collecting large sums of money from students and parents.

Officials said the attachment was carried out to ensure that the alleged proceeds of crime are not sold, transferred, or disposed of during the ongoing investigation and trial. They added that once the provisional attachment becomes final, a government-appointed receiver may be assigned to manage the university campus so that students’ education is not disrupted.

During court proceedings in November, the ED alleged that the university and its controlling trust generated proceeds of crime amounting to at least ₹415.10 crore by dishonestly inducing students to enrol on the basis of false claims of accreditation.

The university’s role surfaced during investigations into a white-collar terror module, in which more than ten people, including three doctors, were arrested by the National Investigation Agency and Jammu and Kashmir Police.

One of the doctors associated with the university-cum-hospital, Dr Umar-un-Nabi, is alleged to have carried out a suicide attack on November 10 by ramming an explosive-laden car near the Red Fort, killing 15 people, officials said.

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The Al Falah University campus in Haryana’s Faridabad, which came under the scanner of investigating agencies after the Red Fort area blast, could be attached by the Enforcement Directorate under the anti-money laundering law, official sources said on Sunday.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel

The ED is investigating if funds for the construction of the varsity were sourced from alleged proceeds of crime, the sources told PTI.Al Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui was arrested by the ED in November on money laundering charges linked to cheating with students of the educational institutions run by his Al Falah Trust. The federal probe agency claimed that the educational institutes did not have the required valid accreditation for teaching.

According to the sources, a part of the “proceeds of crime” (illicit funds under the PMLA) identified in this case are suspected to have been pumped into the construction of various buildings of the university located in the Dhauj area of Faridabad.

The agency is undertaking a process to identify and value various movable and immovable assets of the Al Falah Trust which owns all its educational institutions and the university.

Once the probe ends, an order will be issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to provisionally attach the assets found to be derived or created from the proceeds of crime, the sources said.

It is understood that the students of the university may be allowed to study uninterrupted, even after the attachment, in the interest of their academics.

An attachment is done to ensure that the proceeds of crime are not dissipated, sold off or transacted.

A government appointed receiver can be restituted or vested with the administration of the Al Falah University campus after the provisional attachment attains finality. This way the education of the students will not suffer even as the criminal action and prosecution may continue, the sources said.

The ED, while seeking the remand of Siddiqui in November from a court, had said that the university and its controlling trust, under the direction of Siddiqui, generated “proceeds of crime” of at least Rs 415.10 crore by “dishonestly” inducing students and parents to part with money on the basis of false accreditation and recognition claims.

The agency, as per the sources, is also investigating at least five instances where documents related to the General Power of Attorney (GPA) for acquiring some land parcels in Delhi are alleged to have been forged at the behest of the trust linked to Siddiqui.

The university’s role emerged during the probe into a “white-collar” terror module in which more than 10 people, including three doctors, have been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Jammu and Kashmir Police.

Umar-un-Nabi, a doctor at the Al Falah medical college, became the suicide bomber when he detonated an explosive-laden car on November 10 last year outside the Red Fort here, killing 15 people.

The ED has taken cognisance of two Delhi Police FIRs to register its case against Siddiqui and the Al Falah Group on November 14 under the PMLA.

The agency informed the court that the university and its controlling trust, under the direction of Siddiqui, generated “proceeds of crime” of at least Rs 415.10 crore by “dishonestly” inducing students and parents to part with money on the basis of false accreditation and recognition claims.

Siddiqui’s lawyer told the court that his client was falsely implicated in the present matter and the two Delhi Police FIRs were “false and fabricated”.

The ED has alleged that the Al Falah University falsely claimed that it is a UGC recognised university and misrepresented its NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) accreditation status.

NAAC is an autonomous body funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) that assesses and accredits higher education institutions in the country.The ED had said the entire Al Falah Group has seen a “meteoric rise” since the 1990s, metamorphosing into a large educational body.

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