Overview
- Federal investigators said the explosion was a vehicle‑borne IED driven by Dr Umar Un Nabi, whose identity was established through DNA testing, and they have seized another vehicle linked to him.
- The NIA arrested Amir Rashid Ali, in whose name the Hyundai i20 was registered, and a Delhi court remanded him to 10 days of NIA custody to probe procurement and logistics.
- Agencies are examining a reported Rs 20 lakh hawala trail tied to associates and purchases of NPK fertiliser, while three 9mm cartridges found at the site are under investigation.
- Teams are reconstructing the driver’s movements using CCTV, mobile tower data and parking logs near Sunehri Masjid, with 73 witnesses examined so far.
- Police activity has widened to Faridabad and beyond, where over 2,000 students and tenants have been questioned and Al‑Falah University-linked figures scrutinized, with some earlier detainees released after checks.