A chilling self-recorded video of Dr Umar Mohammad, alias Umar-un-Nabi, the 28-year-old doctor who carried out the suicide bombing near Delhi’s historic Red Fort on November 11, 2025, surfaced on Tuesday, offering the first direct insight into the bomber’s ideological justification for the attack that killed 13 people and injured over 40. In the video, circulated on encrypted messaging platforms and later obtained by investigators, Umar calmly defends what he describes as a “martyrdom operation” rather than a suicide bombing, claiming the act is sanctioned in Islam when a person intentionally seeks death at a specific time and place for a perceived higher cause.

Speaking in fluent English with occasional references to religious texts, the former AIIMS-trained ophthalmologist addresses what he calls “multiple contradictions” and arguments against such operations within Islamic scholarship. “One of the very misunderstood concepts is the concept of what has been labelled as suicide bombing. It is a martyrdom operation... known in Islam,” Umar states in the footage. Intelligence sources confirmed the video’s authenticity through voice and facial recognition analysis.

The emergence of the video has intensified the ongoing multi-agency investigation involving the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Delhi Police Special Cell, and central intelligence units, who are now examining possible links to international terror networks that may have radicalised the highly educated bomber. Officials revealed that Umar had abruptly resigned from a private hospital in Gurugram six months ago and had been in contact with handlers in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and the Middle East. The attack, one of the deadliest in the national capital in nearly two decades, has prompted heightened security across Delhi and neighbouring states.

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As forensic teams continue to piece together Umar’s digital trail and travel history, the video has raised fresh concerns about self-radicalisation among highly qualified professionals. Home Ministry sources said the bomber left no formal affiliation with any known terror outfit in the footage but repeatedly justified targeting “symbols of oppression”, an apparent reference to the presence of security forces near the Red Fort.

With mourning families still holding funerals for the victims—among them three schoolchildren and two CRPF personnel—authorities have urged social media platforms to immediately remove copies of the video to prevent further radicalisation.

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