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NIA Traces Doctor-Led Terror Cell’s Finances, Explosives and Handlers in Red Fort Blast Probe

Interrogation findings highlight a ₹26 lakh fund with a vast precursor haul linked to transnational handlers.

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An accused in the car bomb blast near Red Fort, face covered, being brought to the Patiala House Court, in New Delhi.
An accused in the car bomb blast near Red Fort, face covered, being brought to the Patiala House Court, in New Delhi, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. The four accused are Dr. Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama, Dr. Adeel Ahmed Rather of Anantnag, Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir, and Dr. Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow.
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Overview

  • Investigators say five doctors pooled about ₹26 lakh, procured 26 quintals of NPK fertiliser and other chemicals, and assigned Dr Umar-un-Nabi to fabricate IEDs and arrange remote detonators.
  • Searches in Faridabad/Dhauj recovered roughly 2,500–2,900 kg of IED-making material, while an AK‑type rifle purchased for about ₹5 lakh was later found in accused Adeel Rather’s locker.
  • A layered handler network has been outlined with operatives identified as Mansoor and Hashim under a senior controller, and 2022 travel to Turkey on the directions of a TTP-linked contact known as Okasa is under scrutiny.
  • Umar has been confirmed as the VBIED driver in the November 10 Red Fort blast, and investigators describe internal rifts over ideology and finances, with Al‑Falah University ties and its finances now under separate inquiry by enforcement agencies.
  • A separate high-level inquiry is probing the accidental explosion during sampling at Nowgam police station that killed several personnel after the Faridabad seizures, as teams continue to pursue absconding associates and upstream suppliers.