Delhi Blast probe: MBBS student detained for alleged links to terror outfits released by NIA
KOLKATA: An MBBS student, who was earlier detained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district for his alleged links to terror outfits, was released recently.
Speaking to PTI, a senior police officer said, "The accused, identified as ***, an MBBS student of Al-Falah University, Haryana, and resident of Ludhiana with ancestral roots in Konal village near Dalkhola in Uttar Dinajpur, was picked up from the Surjapur Bazar area on Friday morning."
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The student was "detained" from the Surjapur Bazar area in Uttar Dinajpur while returning from a wedding ceremony at his ancestral home, on suspicion of alleged terror links by sleuths of the NIA, he said.
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Earlier, a doctor from Punjab's Pathankot was detained for questioning in connection with the Delhi blast, police sources said on Saturday. The 45-year-old surgeon was working at a private medical college and hospital in Pathankot for more than two years, officials said.
According to the PTI report, he had previously worked at the Al Falah University in Haryana's Faridabad district, to which the prime suspects in the "white collar terror module" case were also linked, sources added.
On Friday, two doctors hailing from Haryana's Nuh district were detained for questioning in connection with the case. One of the doctors did his apprenticeship at Al Falah University after completing his MBBS course. His apprenticeship ended on November 2. The other doctor was a former student of the university and was currently working with a private hospital in Nuh, police sources said.
Medical Dialogues had reported about the death toll from the deadly car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort has risen to 13 after another victim, who was battling severe burn injuries, passed away on Thursday.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), leading the probe, has now uncovered links between the main accused doctor and a Turkiye-based handler codenamed “Ukasa.”
