Overview
- Delhi Police Crime Branch issued two summons to chairman Javed Ahmad Siddiqui for questioning linked to a pair of FIRs against Al‑Falah University.
- The FIRs allege the university displayed a fake UGC 12B certificate and continued admissions despite NAAC accreditation expiring in 2018, with charges of cheating and forgery registered.
- Madhya Pradesh police arrested Siddiqui’s brother, Hamood, from Hyderabad in fraud cases filed in 2000 over alleged embezzlement of about ₹40 lakh, a matter police said is separate from the blast probe.
- Investigators report evidence of an organised network using encrypted channels, with a weapons cache including a Krinkov rifle and a pistol recovered from a suspect’s car and defined roles for financing, recruitment and logistics.
- Regulatory fallout widened as the Association of Indian Universities suspended Al‑Falah’s membership and the Union government ordered a forensic audit of the institution’s records.