Overview
- Early assessments indicate the device likely detonated accidentally during transport after raids disrupted the network.
- Preliminary forensics point to ammonium nitrate mixed with fuel oil and detonators, with 40 samples collected for detailed analysis.
- Investigators linked the Hyundai i20 to Dr Mohammad Umar; DNA from his mother is being matched to remains recovered at the scene.
- Multi-state raids in Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh recovered about 2,900 kg of explosive-making material and led to arrests of several doctors and a Pulwama man who supplied the car.
- CCTV and vehicle-tracking show the car entered from Faridabad, waited near the Red Fort for hours, and exploded near the metro station, with security subsequently tightened in Delhi and at key locations in Jammu.