Blast near Red Fort: Lucknow doc, Saharanpur physician among 10 named in NIA charge sheet
LUCKNOW, May 15 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday chargesheeted 10 accused in connection with the November 10, 2025 VBIED car bomb blast near the Red Fort that left 11 people dead and several injured. Among those named are two doctors with strong links to Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow resident Dr Shaheen Saeed and Saharanpur-based physician Dr Adil Ahmed Rather, senior NIA officials confirmed.
Officials said the agency on Wednesday submitted a nearly 7,500-page chargesheet before the special NIA court at Patiala House Courts in New Delhi, detailing what investigators described as a radical terror conspiracy involving educated professionals, including doctors allegedly associated with Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), a faction linked to Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).
According to the NIA, the accused regrouped under a new formation called "AGuH Interim" after a failed attempt to travel to Afghanistan through Turkey. Investigators alleged that the module subsequently initiated a conspiracy code-named "Operation Heavenly Hind", aimed at carrying out violent attacks and expanding extremist activities across India.
A senior NIA official informed that among those named in the chargesheet, Dr Shaheen Saeed's profile has particularly stunned investigators because of her academic achievements and long association with Uttar Pradesh's medical education system.
A native of Lucknow, Dr Shaheen studied at a government school before topping the Combined Pre-Medical Test (CPMT) and gaining admission to Motilal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj, in 1996. She later earned her MBBS and MD in Pharmacology, and in 2006 was selected through the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission as an assistant professor at GSVM Medical College, Kanpur.
Investigators said Dr Shaheen's personal and professional life reportedly began to deteriorate after her divorce, during which period she allegedly came into contact with co-accused Dr Muzamil Shakeel at a private medical university in Faridabad. Officials suspect that the association gradually led to her involvement in the alleged extremist network. According to the NIA, Dr Shaheen and Dr Muzamil Shakeel were arrested in Faridabad within hours of the November 10 blast near the Red Fort Metro station in Delhi....
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