Overview
- CCTV and police mapping show a Hyundai i20 parked near Sunheri Masjid for about three hours, exiting at 6:48 pm before exploding around 6:52 pm at the Subhash Marg traffic signal.
- The vehicle was registered in Gurugram to Mohammad Salman, who is in custody and says he sold it, with investigators tracing subsequent transfers including to Pulwama resident Tariq and a Faridabad used-car dealer.
- Delhi Police registered UAPA terror charges and Explosives Act counts as NIA, the Special Cell and CFSL teams collected residue and vehicle samples and a citywide high alert was issued.
- Officials report multiple deaths and many injured, with several victims still unidentified as DNA profiling and post-mortems proceed to confirm identities and determine who was inside the car.
- A same-day operation in Faridabad and Jammu seized about 2,900 kg of IED-related material, weapons and ammunition and led to arrests including doctors, with a possible link to the Delhi blast under investigation but not confirmed; investigators are also scrutinizing unusual blast features such as the lack of shrapnel and a crater.