ONGOING probe has revealed that Al Falah University, which has come under the scanner following the busting of a “whitecollar terror module” and the blast near Red Fort, had long-standing links with terror operatives, sources said on Friday. They said fugitive Indian Mujahideen bomber Mirza Shadab Baig -- wanted for a series of explosions in 2008 -- was a former student of the Faridabad-based university,

 

several of whose doctors were arrested in connection with the Delhi blast case. Baig, a key Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative accused in the Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Gorakhpur blasts, completed his B.Tech in electronics and instrumentation from the university in 2007, they said. He disappeared soon after, travelling on his genuine passport, and has been missing sinceSeptember19, 2008 -- the day of the Batla House encounterin the national capital. Agencies believe Baig, a native of Raja Ka Qila Mohalla in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh, has been livinginSaudi Arabia and was last traced to Afghanistan in 2019.