The probe into the November 10 Delhi blast and the Faridabad terror module has now taken a serious turn, reaching the sensitive Mhow town in Madhya Pradesh.
Investigators from Delhi Police’s special cell, looking into the use of ammonium nitrate in the blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, are working closely with Madhya Pradesh Police to track the network of Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, the founder-chairman of Al-Falah University in Faridabad.
Police visit MHow in Madhya Pradesh
A senior officer from Madhya Pradesh police confirmed that Delhi investigators have requested local intelligence on Siddiqui, who is originally from Kayastha Mohalla in Mhow, a town known for its communal tensions. Sources told that a Delhi Police team plans to visit Mhow to search Siddiqui’s ancestral multi-storeyed house in Kayastha Mohalla, which was once home to Shahar Qazi Mohammad Hamid Siddiqui, Jawad’s father.
Preliminary reports show that Siddiqui’s brother faced allegations in several investment fraud cases in Mhow around 2000. He supposedly deceived dozens of locals, both Hindus and Muslims, through a fake high-return scheme. After growing pressure from victims, the family reportedly left Mhow in 2001. A police source said, “His brother ran a firm that encouraged residents to invest large amounts by promising unusually high returns. When the scam became known, small investors began surrounding their house, and the family vanished.”
Jawad Siddiqui’s Past intensifying Multi-Agency Investigation
Investigators have also discovered that one of Siddiqui’s stepbrothers involved in a murder case during a religious procession in 2008-09. This person was arrested but later cleared after a reported compromise.
Residents remember Jawad as a bright and driven student in the 1990s. He studied at SGSITS Indore, earning a BTech degree before moving to Delhi to start his education business, eventually becoming the founder of Al-Falah University in Faridabad. “The matter has just come to light. The investigation is ongoing. We are piecing it together.”
The Delhi-Faridabad blast case, in which ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (ANFO) used, has already sparked a multi-agency investigation involving the Delhi Police, NIA, and various intelligence agencies.
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