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Red Fort Blast Probe Widens as Phone Video Surfaces and Trail Leads to Suspected Foreign Handlers

Investigators say Telegram chats with matching funding trails point to suspected handlers in PoK and Afghanistan.

Overview

  • Investigators say a video in which Umar un Nabi defends suicide attacks was extracted from his own phone, recovered after his brother led police to where it was dumped in water.
  • Security agencies have frozen bank accounts totaling over Rs 2 lakh and are examining call records and Telegram activity while naming suspected handlers Faisal Ishfaq Bhat, Dr Ukasha and Hashim.
  • The Enforcement Directorate arrested Al-Falah group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui under the PMLA after searches linked to the Faridabad-based network under investigation.
  • A Delhi court sent alleged aide Jasir Bilal Wani to 10 days of NIA custody as probes examine his role in drone modifications and small-rocket experimentation for potential attacks.
  • CCTV shows Umar spending more than three hours near Sunehri Masjid before the blast as teams reconstruct the IED’s assembly and confirm a mix including ammonium nitrate, potassium compounds and TATP.