Colleagues recall Shahin Shahid’s odd conduct

They point to frequent absences and secretive visitors

- BY STEPHEN N.R.

She was a doctor, polite but aloof — a face seen often in the corridors of Al Falah University in Faridabad.

Yet, colleagues now recall Dr Shahin Shahid’s “strange behaviour” — her frequent absences, secretive visitors and abrupt departures.

No one imagined that the Lucknow-based physician was, in fact, tasked with building the Indian arm of the women’s wing of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) — a covert unit aimed at recruiting educated women and professionals for the outfit.

Double life of a doctor