New Delhi:
The investigation into the Delhi Red Fort car blast expanded Thursday to include Javed Ahmed Siddiqui, the founder and managing trustee of the Al-Falah University in Faridabad, which employed two of the three main suspects – Dr Shaheen Saeed and Dr Mujammil Shakeel.
The university faces a separate Enforcement Directorate investigation into its funding.
Siddiqui’s ‘vast corporate network’ and an old criminal case – in which an associate and he were accused of fraud worth Rs 7.5 crore and jailed for three years – are among the focal points of the parallel investigation, sources told NDTV.
Meanwhile, the university’s legal advisor, Mohd Razi, denied all fraud charge allegations against Siddiqui, including the Rs 7.5 crore claim, and also told NDTV he had “no information” about the recruitment of Shakeel. Hiring (and vetting of new hires) is the Vice-Chancellor’s job, Razi said.
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