New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged that Faridabad-based Al Falah University employed doctors linked to terrorism and other “on-paper” faculty without any police verification or scrutiny, according to a chargesheet filed before a Delhi court on Friday.

The agency’s probe, part of a money laundering investigation against the university’s promoter, names 61-year-old Al Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui and the Al Falah Charitable Trust — which manages all the educational institutions under the group — as accused under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The roughly 260-page chargesheet claims Siddiqui and his Trust allegedly generated illicit funds from student fees while misrepresenting the accreditation and recognition of their institutions. In a statement, the ED said it has provisionally attached university land and buildings worth around ₹140 crore in Faridabad’s Dhauj area.

The investigation reportedly found that doctors at the medical college were employed “on paper” under clauses such as a “22 days punch” or “two days per week” to appear as regular faculty, solely to secure approvals from the National Medical Commission (NMC) and keep the healthcare facility operational. Officials said these staff neither attended the college regularly nor treated patients, and in some cases, “fake” patients were admitted before inspections.

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Among the faculty, three doctors allegedly linked to terror-related activities were appointed without police verification. Dr Muzammil Ganaie, a junior resident in general medicine; Dr Shaheen Saeed, an associate professor in pharmacology; and Dr Umar Nabi, who reportedly carried out the November 2025 explosives-laden car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort that killed 15 people, were all employed during the tenure of the university’s Vice-Chancellor. While Ganaie and Saeed were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and are in judicial custody, Nabi died in the blast.

The Vice-Chancellor informed the ED that these appointments were recommended by the HR head and approved by Siddiqui, after which formal appointment letters were issued, but no police verification or scrutiny was carried out. Siddiqui, in his statement to the agency, denied any connection with a terrorist or banned organisation.

The chargesheet also alleges fraudulent employment practices for other specialists in departments such as paediatrics and neonatology, linking remuneration and appraisal to ICU occupancy levels rather than clinical need. “On-paper” doctors reportedly received significantly lower salaries than other doctors of the same designation, and some were provided with fake work experience certificates.

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The ED claims that Siddiqui continued to mislead the NMC even during its last inspection in June 2025, which cleared the medical college to increase MBBS seats from 150 to 200. Video chats and documents appended to the chargesheet show that the hospital appeared non-functional with no patients, staff, or doctors present in the weeks leading up to inspections.

The alleged proceeds of crime in the case stand at ₹493.24 crore, reportedly received through annual tuition and examination fees by deceiving students with false claims of NAAC accreditation and UGC recognition. The ED has indicated that additional chargesheets are expected as the total illicit funds are likely to rise beyond March 2025.

The Delhi court is yet to take cognisance of the ED’s chargesheet.

— IANS