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NIA Labels Red Fort Blast a Suicide Car Bomb, Arrests Vehicle Owner in Expanding Probe

Investigators are now tracing funding, procurement and network links as they recreate the driver’s route and pursue fresh forensic and surveillance leads across multiple states.

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.