A Central investigation agency has detained a doctor working with a private hospital here in the November 10 Delhi blast case. The doctor had earlier worked at the Faridabad-based Al-Falah University, which is under the scanner.

Dr Rayees Ahmad Bhat (45), an assistant professor of surgery at a private hospital here, was arrested by the agency on Friday afternoon. The doctor has been taken to an undisclosed destination.

Denying rumours of the NIA role in the operation, a police officer said, “The operation is being managed by a special investigation agency and not the NIA.”

The entire operation was kept under the wraps and even the local police were kept out of the loop.

Residents and senior police officers got to know about the doctor’s arrest only after his wife reported to the police

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