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Lucknow, Nov 11 (IANS) The father of Dr Shaheen, the Lucknow woman doctor arrested in connection with the large-scale explosives case in Faridabad near Delhi, on Tuesday said he had no idea that she could be involved in such activities. Dr. Shaheen, who was arrested on Monday, is a resident of Daliganj, Lucknow. His father Syed Ahmed Ansari told IANS that Dr. Shaheen has three brothers and sisters. He said, “My eldest son, Shoaib, lives here with me. The second, Shaheen Syed, was arrested yesterday. He studied medicine in Allahabad. My younger son, Parvez Ansari, whose house was raided this morning, has left the city long ago.” Ansari said Shaheen worked in Faridabad and was married to a man from Maharashtra. “I cannot believe that my daughter was involved in such activities,” he said, adding that both Shaheen and Parvez have studied medicine, adding that he has not met them for the last one and a half years. He said, “I last spoke to Shaheen about a month ago, but I talk to Parvez almost every week. I had no knowledge about Shaheen’s arrest. I last spoke to Parvez last Tuesday. We never discussed anything except his well-being.” Ansari told that after marriage, Parvez started living with his wife in Saharanpur. Shaheen is reportedly associated with Al-Falah University and was closely linked to Dr Muzammil, a Kashmiri doctor who was arrested after 2,900 kg of explosives and inflammable substances were recovered from two of his rented rooms in Faridabad. Based on Muzammil’s information, Faridabad police recovered a Swift car, which belonged to a female doctor working at Al-Falah Hospital, officials said, adding that a Kalashnikov assault rifle was also seized from this vehicle. Meanwhile, Haryana DGP OP Singh on Tuesday said raids are being conducted across the state, including Al-Falah Medical College and Hospital, a day after a huge cache of explosives, arms and ammunition linked to a terror module was seized in Faridabad. He said a search was underway at the Al-Falah University campus and several suspects linked to the module were being interrogated. Police sources confirmed that more than 52 people, including faculty members, students and the principal of the medical college, have been questioned in connection with the case. The development comes a day after a blast near Delhi’s Red Fort metro station, where a Haryana-registered Hyundai i20 exploded near Gate No. 1, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens. After his arrest in the Faridabad terror module case, NIA and ATS teams also visited Dr. Shaheen’s father’s house in Lucknow. –IANS JK/DAN