Written by Ravik BhattacharyaKolkata | November 15, 2025 01:04 PM IST 2 min readJahnisar Alam, who completed his MBBS from Al Falah University in 2024, was visiting his relatives in Dalkhola when he was picked up on Friday from the Surjapur market by the NIA team. (File Photo)Officers of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have picked up a doctor from West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district for questioning in connection with the probe into the recent blast near Delhi’s Red Fort in which 10 people lost their lives and several more were injured.Jahnisar Alam, who completed his MBBS from Al Falah University in 2024, was visiting his relatives in Dalkhola when he was picked up on Friday from the Surjapur market by the NIA team. According to sources, he has been taken to Siliguri and is being questioned in connection with the blast on Monday.After the investigation indicated that doctors from Al Falah University in Faridabad were linked to the blast, the NIA has been looking into other doctors from the varsity.Alam’s family hails from Dalkhola in Uttar Dinajpur district, but the family moved to Ludhiana in Punjab years ago, the doctor’s relatives said. Alam studied in Ludhiana before joining for MBBS.Speaking to reporters, Alam’s uncle Abul Kasem said, “He was picked up in connection with the Delhi blasts. We have heard that all his MBBS batch mates from Al Falah University are being questioned.”“Alam, his mother and sister came here on November 12. One of our relatives is getting engaged on November 16, and the wedding ceremony is here on December 6. They came to attend it. We heard that investigators went to his house in Ludhiana and spoke to his father, Touhid. Then they came here,” he added.Kasem said that after Alam was picked up, he called his mother and said that he was detained for questioning. “Later, he informed that they took him to Siliguri. We don’t know what he has done. He is a polite man,” the uncle said.Story continues below this adEvidence gathered in the Red Fort blast case has been sent for forensic analysis and investigators are examining its link to the Faridabad terror module, where 358 kilograms of ammonium nitrate and other bomb-making materials were seized.Ravik Bhattacharya is the Chief of Bureau of The Indian Express, Kolkata. Over 20 years of experience in the media industry and covered politics, crime, major incidents and issues, apart from investigative stories in West Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Andaman Nicobar islands. Ravik won the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in 2007 for political reporting. Ravik holds a bachelor degree with English Hons from Scottish Church College under Calcutta University and a PG diploma in mass communication from Jadavpur University. Ravik started his career with The Asian Age and then moved to The Statesman, The Telegraph and Hindustan Times. ... Read MoreStay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Red Fort attack