India’s National Medical Commission (NMC), the regulatory body for medical colleges, has canceled the registration of four doctors accused of involvement in the recent car bomb explosion in Delhi. The doctors are Muzaffar Ahmed, Adil Ahmed Rather, Muzammil Shakil, and Shaheen Saeed.
Following the cancellation, these doctors are no longer allowed to work in any medical institution or engage in independent practice anywhere in India. In a statement, the NMC said that the decision was made based on allegations of their involvement in a terrorist network and the evidence available to support those allegations.
According to the commission, Muzaffar Ahmed, Adil Ahmed Rather, and Muzammil Shakil are residents of Kashmir, while Shaheen Saeed is from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. The NMC gathered information and evidence from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Council, and the Uttar Pradesh Medical Council. “Their conduct is inconsistent with the honesty, dedication, and public trust required in the medical profession,” the commission statement said.
On Monday, November 10, a suicide car bomb explosion took place near a metro station close to the historic Red Fort, a popular tourist area in New Delhi. The explosion killed 13 people, including the driver, and injured at least 30 others.
The main suspect in the blast, Umar Nabi, also a doctor from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, died at the scene. CCTV footage showed that he was driving the car used in the explosion.
Two weeks before the Delhi blast, Adil Ahmed Rather was arrested while putting up posters of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. Based on his interrogation, Muzaffar Ahmed, Muzammil Shakil, and Shaheen Saeed were later arrested from Faridabad in Haryana and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Police recovered a total of 2,900 kg of explosives from Faridabad and Saharanpur based on information provided by the detainees. The Delhi car bomb attack took place two days after the seizure.
