Al-Qaeda Man, Lodged In Tihar Jail, Moves Court Seeking Nod To Work As Doctor; Here's What Judge Said

The accused Sabeel Ahmed, who is a doctor, submitted in his application that his experience and expertise as a medical professional would be helpful in dealing with the surge in Covid-19 cases and treatment of inmates in the central jail.

New Delhi: An alleged Al-Qaeda member, currently lodged in the high-security Tihar Jail, moved an application for a Delhi Court on Thursday seeking permission to assist the prison authorities in dealing with the Covid-19 cases.

The accused Sabeel Ahmed, who is a doctor, submitted in his application that his experience and expertise as a medical professional would be helpful in dealing with the surge in Covid-19 cases and treatment of inmates in the central jail.

Ahmed’s advocate M.S. Khan sought a direction to the jail superintendent for allowing the accused, who is a qualified MBBS doctor with seven years of experience in treatment of critical cases, to assist the jail administration.

The application submitted before Special Judge Dharmender Rana on Wednesday said his experience and expertise being a medical professional would be helpful for dealing with the surge in coronavirus cases and treatment of inmates in the central jail.

“It is, therefore, most respectfully and in the interest of justice prayed that directions may be issued to the jail superintendent for allowing the accused to assist the jail administration in for medical purposes on such terms and conditions as may be deemed fit and proper,” PTI quoted the application as saying.

Ahmed, a member of the banned terrorist outfit Al-Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent (AQIS), was arrested by officials of the Delhi Police Special Cell earlier on February 22 for allegedly providing logistic and financial assistance to other members of the organisation in India and abroad.

He is also an accused in the June 30, 2007, suicidal terror attack at Glasgow Airport in the United Kingdom.

Ahmed, who was deported from Saudi Arabia on August 20, 2020, was taken into custody by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) in another terror case lodged in Bengaluru.