Lucknow doctor, Saharanpur physician among 10 named in NIA chargesheet in Red Fort blast case

Officials said the agency on Wednesday submitted a nearly 7,500-page chargesheet before the special NIA court at Patiala House Courts in New Delhi, detailing what investigators described as a radical terror conspiracy involving educated professionals, including doctors allegedly associated with Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), a faction linked to Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).

According to the NIA, the accused regrouped under a new formation called “AGuH Interim” after a failed attempt to travel to Afghanistan through Turkey. Investigators alleged that the module subsequently initiated a conspiracy code-named “Operation Heavenly Hind”, aimed at carrying out violent attacks and expanding extremist activities across India.

A senior NIA official informed that among those named in the chargesheet, Dr Shaheen Saeed’s profile has particularly stunned investigators because of her academic achievements and long association with Uttar Pradesh’s medical education system.