Faridabad Police Forms SIT To Probe Al-Falah University’s Suspected Link To Red Fort Blast

Faridabad Police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into Al-Falah University's suspected links to the Delhi Red Fort blast, even as central agencies continue their own inquiries. According to officials, the SIT will investigate how the university allegedly became a base for an extremist module that is believed to have operated quietly for years.

The SIT, led by two ACPs and supported by an inspector and two sub-inspectors, has begun preparing a comprehensive report on the university's internal systems, funding patterns, and possible support networks. Officers have been asked to determine how the accused doctors were able to use the campus as a protected operational centre - including the sourcing, storage, and transport of explosives from Faridabad to Delhi without attracting attention.

Faridabad Police Commissioner Satender Kumar Gupta has directed the SIT to assess whether the university's environment allowed the extremist group to stay hidden. The team is collecting information on fund transfers, the movements of key suspects, alleged help from nearby villages, and the unexplained disappearance of several faculty members after the blast investigation surfaced.

The SIT was set up shortly after Haryana DGP O P Singh visited the university on Tuesday. Singh, expressing serious concern over what he termed a "collapse of internal security mechanisms," instructed both the Faridabad Deputy Commissioner and the Police Commissioner to directly oversee the probe and ensure firm and proactive action.
Early leads suggest the explosives used in the Red Fort blast may have come from Dhauj village in Faridabad. Investigators are now quietly tracking this route to identify any facilitators and security gaps that may have enabled the accused to slip through unnoticed.

Meanwhile, Al-Falah University has been dropped from the North Zone Inter-University Cricket Tournament hosted by Aligarh Muslim University. The tournament includes 84 participating universities. The match scheduled for November 22 between Al-Falah University and Manav Rachna University has been cancelled due to the ongoing investigation and heightened security concerns.