'Dr Shahid sought to draft women after India return'

Dr Shaheen Shahid, a former teacher at Al-Falah University and a key accused in the Delhi blast case, had lived in Saudi Arabia from 2014 to 2018, officials privy to the investigation said. She also sought to recruit women to carry out the bombing, officials with central agencies said, adding that the same was also confirmed by the Faridabad police.

- Leena Dhankhar

After working as a professor at a medical college in Saudi Arabia, she returned to India and was unemployed for three years, when she reportedly came into contact with a terror outfit and eventually went on to become the commander of the women’s wing of Jaish-e-Mo-hammed, investigators said.