Overview
- Investigators identified Dr Umar (Pulwama) as the suspected driver of the Hyundai i20 that exploded near Red Fort, and police collected his mother's DNA to confirm if he is among the dead.
- The case is being linked to an interstate module cracked in Faridabad with eight arrests, including doctors, and a seizure of roughly 2,900 kg of explosive or inflammable material tied to Al-Falah University personnel.
- Preliminary forensics point to ammonium nitrate, fuel oil and detonators, and agencies are weighing a suicide attack against an accidental or panic detonation during transport, with early assessments suggesting mishandling.
- CCTV and tracking show the car parked near the Red Fort for about three hours before the blast, the ownership trail leads to the suspect via multiple sellers, and a Pulwama man who supplied the vehicle, Tariq, is in custody.
- Delhi Police registered an FIR under UAPA and the Explosives Act, the NIA assumed charge of the probe, and security was tightened across the capital with checkpoints, raids and the Red Fort metro station closed.