Overview
- A Hyundai i20 exploded near the Red Fort Metro area on Monday evening, leaving multiple dead and injured as Delhi Police registered a case under the UAPA and the Explosives Act.
- Investigators say CCTV shows a lone driver believed to be Dr Umar from Pulwama, and DNA sampling of his family has been initiated to identify remains recovered from the vehicle.
- The car’s trail runs through several intermediaries, with police reporting that payments trace back to Dr Umar and that facilitators including Amir Rashid Mir and Tariq Malik have been detained for questioning.
- Earlier arrests of two J&K doctors in Faridabad led to the seizure of about 2,900 kg of suspected IED-making material, which officials describe as part of a ‘white-collar’ terror module.
- Forensic teams are examining ammonium nitrate-based residues and assessing links between the Faridabad cache and the blast as coordinated raids continue across Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana.