Meta, the parent company of platforms including Facebook and Instagram, announced on November 19, 2025, that it has removed a propaganda video recorded by Umar Un Nabi, the suicide bomber behind the deadly car explosion near Delhi's Red Fort on November 10. The undated clip, which surfaced online approximately a week after the attack, depicted Nabi calmly justifying suicide bombings as "martyrdom operations" rooted in a distorted interpretation of Islam while attempting to recruit others to the cause.

Meta stated the content violated its policies against glorifying terrorism and promoting violence, prompting swift action to delete it from all its services and prevent further dissemination. The removal came amid warnings from India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to media outlets against airing or amplifying such material, citing risks of aiding extremist propaganda.

The blast, which investigators attribute to a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device packed with ammonium nitrate and triacetone triperoxide (TATP), ripped through a crowded street in Old Delhi, killing at least 13 people—including shoppers and bystanders—and injuring over 30 others, according to National Investigation Agency (NIA) reports. Forensic analysis confirmed the charred remains at the scene belonged to Nabi, a 32-year-old assistant professor of general medicine at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, Haryana, who had been radicalised over several years.

Hailing from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, Nabi's transformation from a promising doctor to a key operative in a "white-collar" terror network highlights the infiltration of professional circles by groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), with whom he maintained encrypted contact via Telegram. The attack occurred prematurely, possibly due to panic after arrests in the network, derailing a larger plot for a December assault involving drone strikes and rockets.

Investigations trace the module's exposure to October 19, 2025, when JeM propaganda posters threatening security forces appeared in Srinagar's Bunpora Nowgam area, prompting a Srinagar police probe under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. CCTV reviews led to the arrest of three locals with prior stone-pelting records, whose interrogations uncovered Maulvi Irfan Ahmad, a former paramedic turned imam from Shopian, who supplied the materials and radicalised young professionals.

This trail extended to Faridabad, where joint operations with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh police yielded 2,900 kilograms of IED precursors, arms, and ammunition from rented premises near the university. Nabi, the most ideologically entrenched, had trained in chemical handling for explosives and travelled to Turkey in 2021 with accomplice Dr Muzammil Ahmad Ganaie to meet JeM handlers, amassing stockpiles under the guise of academic work.

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The NIA, which assumed control of the case on November 11, has since arrested over a dozen suspects, including Nabi's aides like Amir Rashid Ali from Pampore and Jasir Bilal Wani from Anantnag, remanding them for custodial interrogation to dismantle remaining links to Pakistan-based operatives. Security experts view the incident as emblematic of evolving terror tactics, favouring educated recruits without criminal histories to evade detection, while underscoring the need for enhanced surveillance in educational institutions. As families of the victims demand justice and Pulwama authorities demolish Nabi's family home under anti-terror laws, the episode serves as a stark reminder of radicalisation's subtle creep, with authorities vowing continued multi-state raids to prevent future atrocities.

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