Overview
- The NIA has identified Dr Umar un Nabi as the suicide attacker who drove the VBIED that exploded near the Red Fort on November 10, killing at least 12 people.
- An 80-second self-recorded video in which Umar defends suicide bombings as “martyrdom” was retrieved from a water-damaged handset his brother dumped, with forensic teams extracting multiple clips now shared with the NIA and SIA.
- The multi-agency investigation has expanded with NIA custody of co-accused Jasir Bilal Wani over alleged technical support and the ED arresting Al-Falah group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui under the PMLA.
- Investigators describe Umar as the most radical member of a ‘white-collar’ doctors’ module linked to prior seizures of about 2,900 kg of explosive materials, and say he tried to persuade associates to embrace suicide tactics.
- Agencies are scrutinising call records, coded messages such as “Biryani” and “dawat,” and discussions around December 6, even as the video draws public reactions, including Owaisi’s condemnation and a BJP–Congress war of words.