Forensic confirmation has established that Dr. Umar Mohammad, a Pulwama-based physician, was driving the white Hyundai i20 that detonated near Delhi's Red Fort on November 10, 2025, at 6:52 pm, resulting in nine fatalities and over 20 injuries amid a scene of shattered vehicles and widespread devastation. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), now spearheading the probe under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, matched DNA from bone fragments, teeth, and clothing remnants recovered from the blast site with samples from Dr. Umar's mother and brother, achieving a 100 percent correlation. Authorities had detained his mother in Pulwama for sample collection, underscoring the rapid escalation in efforts to identify the perpetrator of this fidayeen-style attack.
Dr. Umar, employed as a senior doctor at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, was implicated in a sophisticated "white-collar" terror network involving radicalized medical professionals with ties to the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Intelligence sources indicate he coordinated via Telegram with a group of 9-10 members, including fellow doctors, who exploited their credentials to acquire ammonium nitrate and other precursors for improvised explosives. The blast occurred mere hours after Jammu and Kashmir Police seized nearly 3,000 kg of explosives from two Faridabad residences, arresting Dr. Muzammil Shakeel—a colleague at Al-Falah Medical College—and Dr. Adil Rather from Saharanpur, who had distributed JeM propaganda in Srinagar. Both detainees have been directly linked to the operation that armed the vehicle.
In the lead-up to the detonation, CCTV surveillance captured Dr. Umar parking the i20 at the Sunehri Masjid lot at 3:19 pm, following a three-hour stay at a mosque on Asaf Ali Road near Ram Leela Maidan, where he performed namaz. He then navigated through central Delhi areas, including Connaught Place earlier that day, before halting at a red light opposite the Red Fort Metro Station's Gate No. 1, triggering the ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (ANFO) device. The vehicle's ownership trail, traced from initial buyer Mohammad Salman through multiple transfers to a Pulwama resident named Tariq before reaching Dr. Umar, has intensified scrutiny on procurement networks facilitating such attacks.
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Dr. Umar's family, including his mother and two brothers detained for questioning on the night of the explosion, expressed profound shock over his alleged involvement, with relatives in Koil village, Pulwama, recalling him as a diligent scholar who visited home just two months prior. The NIA's expanded raids have yielded nine additional detentions, including suspects from Kanpur and Lucknow properties tied to Dr. Shaheen Saeed's JeM women's wing initiative, alongside a massive explosives cache in Faridabad. Preliminary analyses confirm the use of high-grade military explosives, prompting questions about how controlled substances evaded regulatory oversight.
As the death toll potentially rises the Red Fort Metro Station remains shuttered, and the investigation delves deeper into cross-border handlers, Telegram channels, and institutional vulnerabilities, exposing a chilling infiltration of terror into professional enclaves.
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