Red Fort blast case: NIA searches family home of doctor siblings in Lucknow

The NIA had arrested Shaheen, after it took over the probe into the Red Fort blast. According to officials, Lucknow is among eight locations where the NIA is conducting coordinated searches.

An NIA team, which included a woman officer, arrived at the family home in Khandari Bazaar under the Qaiserbagh police station limits. At the time of the search, several family members were present, including their 80-year-old father, Syed Ahmed, a retired government employee, and their elder brother, Mohammad Shoaib.

“The NIA team reached the house in the morning and conducted a thorough search. They did not disclose what, if anything, was seized,” a senior Uttar Pradesh Police officer said.

A local police team was deployed outside the house to ensure no untoward incident takes place.

Sources said the agency, which stayed for around three hours, collected a few documents and electronic gadgets and also questioned the accused’s family.

Police earlier said Shaheen finished her intermediate studies at Lalbagh Girls’ Inter College, just a short walk from their home, while Parvez went to Islamia Degree College for schooling.

Police had said she then completed her MBBS and MD from SRN Medical College in Allahabad and later joined GSVM Medical University in Kanpur in 2006 after clearing the UPPSC exam. She worked there as an assistant professor in the Pharmacology department.

In 2013, however, she had suddenly left the institute without informing anyone. After that, she joined the Al Falah School of Medical Sciences & Research Centre in Faridabad.

Parvez finished his MBBS from Era Medical College in Lucknow and completed his MD in Medicine from a college in Agra. He joined Integral University as a senior resident in 2021 but resigned from the job on November 6.

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