Overview
- The Ministry of Home Affairs directed the National Investigation Agency to lead the case as a terror probe, with NIA teams on site and evidence transfer underway.
- Officials report at least eight fatalities and scores injured, with casualty figures varying across agencies during the evolving investigation.
- Investigators are examining links to a recently dismantled network tied to Faridabad and Jammu & Kashmir, where roughly 2,900 kg of explosive materials were seized.
- The suspected driver has been identified as Dr. Umar from Pulwama; his parents were detained for DNA matching and intelligence assessments indicate he was the sole occupant.
- A multi-agency team is reconstructing the Hyundai i20’s 11-hour route from Faridabad to Delhi via more than 1,000 CCTV clips, tracing a chain of ownership and making multiple detentions and arrests, including several doctors, as security intensifies across key cities.