Within hours of the deadly explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort that killed 13 people, police teams swung into action, scanning more than a hundred CCTV cameras across Delhi-NCR to trace the movements of the Hyundai i20 that triggered the blast.
According to officials, the vehicle was first spotted around 2 am Sunday near Al-Falah University in Faridabad’s Dhauj village.
By 7:30 am Monday, it appeared outside Asian Hospital, Faridabad, before entering Delhi through the Badarpur border at 8:03 am.
34-Year-Old Pulwama Doctor Under Scanner
Investigators have zeroed in on a 34-year-old Pulwama resident, who reportedly purchased the vehicle on October 29.
His identity has not been officially released, but sources say he is the prime suspect.
The car was first seen entering the T-5 parking area near Red Fort at 3:19 pm. Footage shows the driver staying inside the vehicle the entire time, avoiding every visible entry-exit CCTV point.
At 6:48 pm, the car exited the parking lot, drove towards Netaji Subhash Marg, took a U-turn, and moved back towards Red Fort — moments later, it exploded.
Suspect Identified as Faridabad-Based Doctor
Multiple senior officials across three states confirm the suspect as Dr. Umar Nabi, a Pulwama resident employed at Al-Falah School of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Faridabad.
The CCTV trail shows congested roads as the car left the parking area, and a clip purportedly shows the driver collecting a parking slip minutes before the deadly blast.
NIA Takes Charge
On Tuesday, the investigation was formally handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). CCTV evidence places the car at several Delhi locations for over 11 hours before the explosion around 7 pm.
Link to Faridabad Terror Bust
The blast came just a day after police busted a transnational terror module in Faridabad. Top J&K police officials believe the Delhi blast is tied to the same network.
Days earlier, police arrested two doctors linked to terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammad and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) — Dr. Muzammil Ahmad Ganai from Faridabad and Dr. Adeel Majeed Rather from Saharanpur.
A massive seizure followed: 358 kg of suspected ammonium nitrate from Ganai’s rented house in Faridabad.
Missing Doctor Now Prime Bomber
Sources say Dr. Umar Nabi, who vanished after Ganai’s arrest, is believed to be the bomber.
Both Umar and Ganai hail from the same village in Pulwama and worked in the same Faridabad institution.
Police have detained at least five men from Pulwama, including Amir Rashid, suspected current owner of the i20. His brother and three others are also being questioned.
Four Doctors in the Suspected Jaish Module, however, if sources are correct, there were at least six doctors, but this is not confirmed officially: So in a way, a module of six doctors turned terrorists had been on the lookout, and sources are of firm belief that such traitors were spread all over the country.
It is time when the Investigating agencies are saddled with the double task of unearthing such anti-nationals who are a blot on the name of humanity.
Doctors are there to save human lives, but this band of doctors was probably brainwashed by a radical Maulana and took to killing innocent humans.
It is also necessary to know where these doctors worked. Were they saving human lives in hospitals where they worked, or killing patients and getting away with dirty hands?
Officials now believe the busted module included at least four medical professionals — Ganai, Rather, Umar, and a woman doctor from Lucknow, who has also been detained.
The trail opened up after Jaish posters surfaced on Srinagar’s outskirts — a small spark that has now revealed a deadly, well-educated terror network operating across Kashmir, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.
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