In a significant development regarding the deadly car explosion in Delhi near the Red Fort, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has apprehended Amir Rashid Ali, a resident of Kashmir, who allegedly conspired with suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi in the attack that resulted in 13 fatalities and 32 injuries. The vehicle utilized in the explosion was registered in Ali’s name. According to NIA reports, Ali, hailing from Samboora in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir, traveled to Delhi to assist in acquiring the car, which was subsequently employed as a car-borne improvised explosive device (IED).
Forensic investigations have confirmed the identity of the deceased driver as Umar Un Nabi, a Pulwama local and Assistant Professor in the General Medicine Department at Al Falah University, Faridabad. Additionally, another vehicle owned by Nabi has been confiscated and is currently undergoing analysis for further evidence. To date, 73 witnesses, including those injured in the November 10 explosion, have been interviewed. Intelligence agencies have also traced a financial route of Rs 20 lakh linking three doctors—Umar, Muzammil, and Shaheen. It is suspected that this sum was funneled by a Jaish-e-Mohammed handler through a hawala network.
Approximately Rs 3 lakh of this amount is believed to have been allocated for the purchase of 26 quintals of NPK fertilizer, a chemical compound consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, which can be used to create explosives utilized in the attack.