Overview
- Police say short tandem repeat testing produced a 100% match between bone and tissue from the car and a reference sample taken from the suspect’s mother in Pulwama.
- Authorities report 12 fatalities with 10 victims now identified, while two severely burned sets of remains still await DNA confirmation.
- Investigators are tracing Umar’s path from an explosives recovery in Faridabad through Mewat and Firozpur Jhirka to the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, where CCTV captured him after he bought a white i20 about 11 days earlier.
- Security cordons, barricades and a nearby metro closure have left Chandni Chowk, Meena Bazaar, Jama Masjid and Khari Baoli largely deserted, with local traders citing steep drops in daily earnings.
- Zee News reports investigators are reviewing CCTV indicating a mosque visit shortly before the blast and communications with a foreign handler, as national agencies deepen the probe.