Overview
- Investigators say an 80‑second clip defending suicide attacks was retrieved from Dr Umar un Nabi’s phone after his brother led police to where it was thrown into water, with at least four videos extracted and shared with the NIA and SIA.
- Authorities have confirmed through DNA that the Al‑Falah University doctor was the suicide bomber in the November 10 car blast near the Red Fort, which killed at least 12 people.
- Delhi Police and central agencies are verifying dozens of contacts from call records and probing a reported plan codenamed D‑6 for December 6, with coded terms such as “biryani” for explosives and “dawat” for the operation day cited by sources.
- The NIA secured 10 days’ custody of Jasir Bilal Wani, described as an active co‑conspirator, and the Enforcement Directorate arrested Al‑Falah group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui under the PMLA after searches in Delhi‑NCR.
- The video’s emergence has triggered political reactions at home, including AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi condemning it as terrorism and questioning security claims, while a Pakistani politician’s viral boast referencing the Red Fort attack has renewed cross‑border scrutiny.