A flight ticket has revealed that Dr. Adil Ahmad, the Jammu and Kashmir native arrested from Saharanpur last week, had travelled from Srinagar to Delhi on October 31 — just 10 days before the November 10 car explosion near Red Fort that killed 13 people and injured over 20.
Officials said the air ticket, bearing Adil’s name and travel date, was recovered from a heap of garbage outside his rented accommodation in Aman Vihar Colony, Manakmau, along Ambala Road in Saharanpur on Wednesday. The house has since been sealed and placed under police guard.
According to police sources, the ticket has been seized and sent for forensic examination. Investigators are now scrutinising Adil’s movements in Delhi, including how long he stayed in the capital and whether he met anyone linked to the blast.
Adil was arrested on November 6 after multiple intelligence and anti-terror teams traced him to Saharanpur. The doctor, who holds MBBS and MD degrees, had been working at Famous Hospital on Ambala Road, where colleagues described him as “quiet, polite and professional”.
Despite his professional background, authorities allege that Adil maintained links with Jaish-e-Mohammed and may have supported logistics for the group. Prior to his arrest, Jammu and Kashmir Police had identified him through CCTV footage allegedly showing him putting up Jaish-e-Mohammed posters in Srinagar on October 28.
Security agencies from Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and central intelligence units are now camping in Saharanpur to trace his contacts, verify his communications and analyse bank transactions. Locals in Bapu Vihar Colony, where Adil lived, said he mostly kept to himself but often received late-night visitors, with multiple vehicles seen outside.
Dr. Babar, a colleague at Famous Hospital, told PTI that Adil joined the facility in March and was considered “highly competent”. “It is painful that such an educated person could be involved in shameful acts,” he said.
Investigators are probing whether Adil’s October 31 visit to Delhi had any operational connection to the Red Fort blast, which occurred when a Hyundai i20 laden with explosives detonated in slow-moving traffic. Adil’s arrest is part of a larger crackdown following the exposure of a “white-coat” terror module operating across Faridabad and Haryana, where several doctors were arrested and large quantities of explosives were recovered.
