Delhi blast: After explosives haul, Al Falah Imam’s wife denies terror links, claims accused ‘misled’ husband
Faridabad, India – The wife of Al‑Falah Mosque’s Imam Hafeez Mohammad Ishtiaq says her husband is innocent and that two doctors linked to the Delhi car blast misled authorities.
Ishtiaq, who has led prayers at the mosque in Dhera Colony for almost twenty years, was taken into custody last week. Police found more than 2,540 kg of ammonium nitrate, potassium chlorate and sulfur at his home in Fatehpur Taga, a suburb of Faridabad. The imam has been taken to Srinagar for questioning.
Hasina, his wife, told the charges are false. “He has no links to the terror module or the November 10 explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro Station,” she said. The blast killed at least 12 people and injured many others.
The doctors accused in the Delhi bomb case had built connections with the Ishtiaq family. Dr. Muzammil first met her husband at the mosque, then bought milk from him and rented a room in their house for ₹1,500 a month. A second room in Dhauj village, rented for ₹2,400, later revealed about 360 kg of additional explosives. Dr. Umar, accused of driving the car that exploded, also visited the mosque daily.
Security agencies have stepped up searches across the country, especially in Faridabad where Al‑Falah Hospital and University sit near the mosque. Investigators have arrested three university doctors – Dr. Umar, Dr. Muzammil, and Dr. Shaheed Shahid – along with Imam Ishtiaq and an HR employee named Jameel for their alleged roles.
Hasina says Ishtiaq has been a mosque employee since the early 2000s, earning a modest salary that later rose to about ₹10,000 a month when the university started paying him. She married him in 2008, and the couple has four children, the eldest daughter 16 and youngest son 7.
He holds the title of Hafiz, meaning he has memorised the entire Quran. Their household once supplied 5‑6 kg of milk each day to doctors at the university, including Dr. Muzammil. For the past 20 days, the doctor stopped coming for milk because he had gone on leave to Pulwama.
On the morning of November 10, Ishtiaq left for work in the fields at 6 a.m. He was arrested by police between 10 and 12 p.m. that same day. His son, seven‑year‑old Sahil, also emphasised his father’s innocence, saying his family hadn’t understood why he was being charged.
Al‑Falah University, a key site in the terror probe, now faces scrutiny. The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has suspended the campus’s membership and ordered it to remove the AIU name and logo from all materials.
Investigations are still underway, with many university staff and students being questioned in the Delhi blast case and the broader terror module investigation.
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