The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association on Monday alleged that Kashmiri students in several northern states are facing profiling, eviction and intimidation in the aftermath of the November 10 blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, PTI reported.

The blast near the Red Fort metro station on November 10 had left 13 persons dead. Two days after the explosion, the Union government described it as a “terrorist incident”. The doctor believed to have been driving the car that exploded was identified as Umar Nabi, a resident of Kashmir.

During a press conference in New Delhi on Monday, the student body’s National Convenor Nasir Khuehami urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene to “call off the vilification” of the community.

Khuehami said that “a particular community is being targeted after the attack”, claiming that Kashmiri students were being harassed in universities and neighbourhoods in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi, the news agency reported.

“Kashmiri students believe in India’s democracy and in the mainstream, not in terrorism,” PTI quoted Khuehami as saying. “But they are being profiled and vilified by authorities and local people across states. Many landlords have asked Kashmiri tenants to vacate their rooms, forcing several students to return home out of fear.”

Khuehami added that the association had “no objection to any investigation” into the blast but urged the Centre to ensure the safety of Kashmiri students and prevent “collective suspicion”.

“We request the prime minister to make a public statement,” PTI quoted Khuehami as saying. “Kashmiris are as much a part of this country as any other citizen.”

Since the explosion, police in Faridabad have checked more than 500 persons from Jammu and Kashmir as part of heightened security measures, PTI reported.

The National Investigation Agency has taken over the case, which was filed under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

On Monday, the National Investigation Agency said that it had arrested an alleged key associate of Nabi. A day earlier, the agency had arrested another aide allegedly linked to Nabi, who was identified as Amir Rashid Ali. The NIA alleged that the Hyundai i20 car used in the blast was registered in Ali’s name.

The agency identified the second arrested person as Jasir Bilal Wani aka Danish, a resident of Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

He was arrested in Srinagar.

“NIA investigations have revealed that Jasir had allegedly provided technical support for carrying out terror attacks by modifying drones and attempting to make rockets ahead of the deadly car bomb blast…” stated the agency.

Wani was an “active co-conspirator” behind the attack and had worked closely with Nabi to “plan the terror carnage”, it alleged.

Delhi Police summons Al Falah University head

The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has summoned Al Falah University chairman and founder Javed Ahmed Siddiqui in connection with alleged fraud and irregularities flagged by the University Grants Commission and the National Assessment and Accreditation Council following the Delhi blast, The Indian Express reported.

An unidentified officer told the newspaper that Siddiqui has been asked to appear before the Crime Branch with documents related to the accreditation and funding of the Al Falah Charitable Trust, under which nine organisations operate.

Among the nine organisations is the Al Falah Medical Research Foundation, where blast accused Nabi and Muzammil Ganai were employed.

The Crime Branch has also registered two separate FIRs after the National Assessment and Accreditation Council issued notice to the university, stating that its accreditation had expired and asking why legal action should not be initiated.

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous body under the UGC, assesses and accredits higher educational institutions to determine their “quality status”.

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