Overview
- Investigators report a DNA match identifying Dr. Umar Nabi Bhat as the i20 driver in the Nov. 10 car explosion near the Red Fort.
- A silver Brezza tied to the network was located in Al-Falah University’s parking area, the campus was searched by bomb and forensic teams, and a separate EcoSport linked to the suspects was seized from a Faridabad farmhouse.
- Police say accused doctors pooled about ₹26 lakh and bought roughly 26 quintals of NPK fertiliser allegedly for bomb-making, with a reported dispute between Umar and Muzammil over the funds.
- Probes cite encrypted coordination via Threema, a small Signal group, and coded diary entries dated Nov. 8–12, while digital forensics recovered data after a medical student allegedly tried to delete it during an ATS visit.
- Institutional scrutiny escalates as AIU cancels Al-Falah University’s membership, NAAC issues a notice, ED/EOW prepare a forensic audit, and arrests widen to doctors linked to weapons recoveries and a travel trail now being examined for an Ayodhya link.