India’s National Medical Commission removes 4 doctors, including 3 Kashmiris, from its register
New Delhi: In yet another move reflecting systemic discrimination against Muslim professionals, India’s National Medical Commission (NMC) has removed the names of four doctors, three from Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and one from Lucknow, from the National Medical Register.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the doctors, Dr Muzaffar Ahmad, Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather, Dr Muzamil Shakeel, Dr Shaheen Saeed, have been barred from practising medicine or holding any medical appointment anywhere in India with immediate effect. They were falsely implicated under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the Delhi blast case. Three of the doctors are currently in custody.
The arrests follows police claims of a huge explosives recovery on November 10, and accusations that the doctors were involved the Delhi’s Red Fort blast the same day. A total of eight Kashmiris, including doctors and students, have so far been arrested in what rights groups describe as a fabricated and politically motivated case.
In a public notice, the NMC cited the alleged charges mentioned in the FIRs and claimed that the doctors “have been found to be involved in the case on the basis of evidence collected by the investigating agencies.” No judicial verdict has yet been delivered against them.
Police initially claimed to have seized 360 kg of ammonium nitrate from Dr Muzamil’s rented accommodation at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, where he worked. Hours later, they dramatically escalated the claim — saying 2,900 kg of explosives were recovered from the university and portraying the arrests as part of a “white-collar militant module.” Dr Muzamil, a resident of Pulwama, remains under detention.
Police are also searching for Dr Muzaffar, originally from Qazigund, south Kashmir, while his brother Dr Adeel was arrested from Saharanpur on November 7. Indian agencies have further accused Dr Shaheen of Lucknow of having been in contact with the Kashmiri doctors.
However, independent political observers and human rights defenders have strongly rejected the official narrative, calling it a part of New Delhi’s broader campaign to criminalise Muslim professionals. They warn that fabricated terror cases are being weaponised to defame, intimidate, and dismantle Kashmiri representation in prestigious fields such as medicine, while diverting attention from India’s own security failures and ongoing repression in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
