Delhi blast probe uncovers 2 more hideouts used by Al-Falah University doctor

Faridabad: The arrested professor from Al-Falah University, accused of making explosives for the 10/11 deadly bomb blast at a rented accommodation, had reportedly hidden 2,600 kg of ammonium nitrate in a shed located in a field behind a mosque adjoining the university campus. He kept the chemical there for 12 days before moving it to his rented accommodation.

During the investigation into the Delhi terror attack, officials have uncovered two more hideouts used by the accused doctor. Apart from hiding the chemical in the mosque, the accused doctor had also taken another rented accommodation in Khori Jamalpur in July for the terror plot.

The three-room unit, located above a plastic raw material shop, was rented for Rs 8,000 per month. He had claimed he wanted to start a fruit supply business and intended to bring stocks from Kashmir for local sale.

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However, investigators found that he used the space for activities linked to the terror plot. The property was vacated after three months. He frequently visited the house, often accompanied by the female accused doctor, another Al-Falah doctor linked to the terror module and now in custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Medical Dialogues had previously reported how an ordinary flour mill grinder became a key tool for the arrested doctor from Pulwama to turn chemical substances into explosives that killed 15 people and injured several others. The National Investigating Agency (NIA) investigating the case found the explosive-making setup at the house of a taxi driver in Faridabad. The Pulwama doctor, who played a major role in the Delhi blast case, apart from the Al-Falah assistant professor, had rented a room there and stored a flour mill, a grinder, and other electronic machines.

According to investigators, he used this rented space to prepare explosives by grinding urea and separating ammonium nitrate from it to refine the material, and had been doing this for a long time. It was from this same room that police recovered 360 kg of ammonium nitrate and other explosive substances on November 9 - a day before the deadly car blast in Delhi on November 10.

Police had earlier found two premises rented by Ganaie in which he kept ammonium nitrate, the larger haul at the cleric's house and a 350kg tranche in a smaller room in Dhauj. Ganaie had also procured a grinder and a portable furnace to process the ammonium nitrate and used it to build explosives. He kept this equipment at the house of a local cab driver he knew.

Meanwhile, the investigators said the chemical used in the Delhi blast was sourced from NIT Nehru Ground. NIA conducted a raid on Thursday at BR Scientific and Chemicals, a shop situated in NIT Nehru Ground, Faridabad.

TOI sources indicated that the shop is owned by Lal Babu, a licensed chemical dealer. This store supplies chemicals to laboratories in various hospitals, as well as to colleges and universities.

During questioning, the accused doctor disclosed that he had purchased the chemical from this shop. NIA scrutinised the store's records and confiscated several documents for further investigation.

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