Overview
- The explosion in a Hyundai i20 near the Red Fort Metro area killed at least 12 people and injured more than 20, police said.
- CCTV footage shows the car parked for roughly three hours with a man inside before it detonated, and investigators say Umar was likely the lone occupant.
- Delhi Police registered a case under the UAPA and the Explosives Act, and the investigation has been transferred to the NIA after a high-level review.
- Preliminary forensics point to ammonium nitrate, fuel oil and detonators, with tests underway to compare samples to the nearly 2,900 kg seized in Faridabad.
- Agencies are probing a ‘white-collar’ network linked to JeM/AGH; arrests include doctors Muzammil Ganaie, Adeel Ahmad Rather and Shaheen Sayeed, a supplier named Tariq is in custody, and investigators are weighing suicide versus accidental detonation as the motive.