Delhi blast: A deadly doctors' network

INVESTIGATORS DESCRIBE DISTURBING PATTERN AS A 'WHITE-COLLAR TERROR ECOSYSTEM'

- BY STEPHEN N.R.

A family member of Numan, a deceased in the car blast near Red Fort, mourns as he arrives at the mortuary of Maulana Azad Medical College, in New Delhi yesterday.

As the investigation into the Red Fort car blast that killed 13 and injured more than 20 deepens, investigators say they are uncovering a disturbing pattern — a network of doctors and medical students allegedly linked to terrorist outfits. What began as a raid in Faridabad has evolved into a full-scale probe into what police describe as a “white-collar terror ecosystem.”

Indian media reported that three more doctors from Faridabad’s Al Falah University were taken into custody yesterday as part of the expanding investigation.

The National Investigation Agency has now assumed charge of the case. Officers from the Delhi Police Crime Branch visited the campus, examined CCTV footage, and questioned staff and students about the doctors whose names surfaced in connection with the explosives recovered from Faridabad and the blast that followed.