Delhi 10/11 Blast Probe: Detailed Report on Suspects Behind Blast Highlights Individual Roles and Operations
Authorities reveal detailed roles of suspects, including doctors and clerics, in the Delhi Red Fort suicide attack.
Investigators have uncovered a meticulously structured "white-collar" terror network linked to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), operating under the guise of professional lives in educational institutions, following the devastating suicide car bombing near Delhi's Red Fort on November 10, 2025, which claimed 13 lives and injured over 30 others. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), leading the probe, has detailed how the module—comprising educated doctors, a maulvi, and technicians—divided tasks ranging from radicalisation and recruitment to explosives handling and fundraising, all while blending into society at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, Haryana.
The attack, involving a Hyundai i20 packed with ammonium nitrate and triacetone triperoxide (TATP), was meant to target a security checkpoint but detonated prematurely in a crowded Old Delhi market, exposing the cell through a trail of arrests starting in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources indicate the group aimed for larger strikes, including drone-borne explosives, highlighting a shift toward sophisticated, low-profile operations evading traditional detection.
At the module's helm was Maulvi Irfan Ahmed, a former Paramedic turned Imam in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, who served as the ideological recruiter, leveraging his mosque to radicalise affluent youth and forge direct ties with JeM handlers like Umar-bin-Khattab, alias Hanjulla, in Pakistan. Ahmed handpicked Muzamil Shakeel, a doctor at Al-Falah University, as his initial recruit, tasking him with expanding the network by identifying "like-minded" professionals, including fellow physicians Muzaffar Ahmad, Adeel Ahmad Rather, and Shaheen Saeed—a Lucknow native who taught at the university.
Saeed not only brought her brother, Dr Parvez Ansari, into the fold but also spearheaded fundraising, channelling approximately ₹20 lakh from sympathetic donors to the cell while linking vulnerable women and girls to JeM's female wing, Jamaat-ul-Muminat. Shakeel, the operational linchpin, transported explosives and radicalised students on campus, underscoring how academic environments became breeding grounds for covert extremism.
The suicide bomber, Umar Un Nabi—a 32-year-old assistant professor of medicine from Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir—emerged as the most ideologically fervent member, with prior chemical training enabling him to assemble the lethal payload. Recruited via Ahmed's network, Nabi drove the booby-trapped i20 for hours through Delhi before the blast, leaving behind a propaganda video glorifying the act as "martyrdom", which Meta swiftly removed for violating anti-terror policies.
Supporting him was Amir Rashid Ali from Pampore, arrested by the NIA in Delhi for procuring the vehicle and aiding explosive preparation, while Jasir Bilal Wani, alias Danish, a technician handpicked by Nabi, focused on weaponising drones and crafting rockets from scavenged parts.
Adeel Ahmad Rather's detention by Srinagar police in late October—triggered by JeM posters in Bunpora—proved pivotal, yielding leads that dismantled the cell and uncovered 2,900 kilograms of IED precursors hidden in rented Faridabad premises.
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A startling new lead involves Shakeel's unwitting civilian accomplice: a Faridabad mobile shopkeeper befriended two years earlier during treatment for his child's burn injuries at Al-Falah. Last month, Shakeel offloaded two suspicious devices—a large stapler-like tool and a grinder—claiming a family wedding absence, which police now suspect were bomb-making aids. The shopkeeper is under interrogation as the NIA widens its net, with over a dozen arrests and raids spanning Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir.
Security agencies warn of similar "sleeper" modules exploiting professional networks, vowing enhanced surveillance in universities and mosques to thwart escalations ahead of potential holiday targets. The Red Fort tragedy, born from this insidious conspiracy, has intensified calls for stricter counter-radicalisation measures, balancing civil liberties with the imperative to safeguard urban hubs.
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