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DNA Confirms Red Fort Car Bomber as Dr. Umar, Investigators Find Brezza Linked to Plot at Al-Falah University

Investigators are expanding a doctor-led terror probe that links pooled funds, fertilizer purchases and campus meetings to the blast.

Overview

  • Police say DNA profiling matched remains from the i20 to Dr. Umar via his mother's sample, confirming he drove the car and died in the explosion.
  • A silver Maruti Brezza tied to the network was recovered from Al-Falah University’s parking, adding to an i20 used in the blast and a Ford EcoSport seized in Faridabad.
  • CCTV places Umar at the Badarpur toll in the i20 on the morning of Nov. 10 and later walking near the Faiz-e-Ilahi mosque, where investigators say he stayed about ten minutes.
  • Officials report arrested doctors pooled roughly Rs 26 lakh and bought about 26 quintals of NPK fertilizer as part of the materials chain under scrutiny.
  • Searches at Al-Falah’s boys’ hostel identified Building 17, Room 13 as a meeting point, with devices seized, as arrests include Dr. Shaheen, who authorities allege had links to JeM’s women’s wing and from whose vehicle weapons were recovered.