Police reconstruct Red Fort blast suspect’s last hours using footage from 50 cameras

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 President of Chandni Chowk Vyapar Mandal via ANI

A assemblage seen successful CCTV footage adjacent the car blast site, successful Delhi connected Monday (November 10). Photo: President of Chandni Chowk Vyapar Mandal via ANI

The Delhi Police connected Thursday (November 13, 2025) reconstructed the past hours of Umar Nabi, the lone occupant of the car that exploded adjacent Red Fort connected Monday (November 10), sidesplitting 13 radical truthful far. His movements, close from leaving Faridabad the nighttime earlier the blast to its execution, person been reconstructed utilizing footage from much than 50 cameras.

The investigators besides recovered that the 3 main suspects, each aesculapian doctors linked to the Al-Falah University — Nabi, who was down the wheels of the Hyundai i20 that was laden with explosives, Muzammil Ahmad Ganaie, and Shaheen Shahid — allegedly utilized a Switzerland-based encrypted messaging app Threema to program and coordinate their activities related to the panic conspiracy.

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Nabi had besides created a Signal app radical with 2 to 4 members to coordinate their operations.

Chemical purchases

Police investigating the blast said the suspects had pooled much than ₹26 lakh successful cash, which was handed implicit to Nabi for safekeeping and operational use.

Notebooks and diaries recovered from the rooms of Dr. Ghanaie (Room 13) and Nabi (Room 4) astatine the field of Al-Falah University contained respective coded entries, names, and numerical sequences dated betwixt November 8 and 12, suggesting elaborate readying for aggregate attacks. They besides had rented accommodations to store explosives, the constabulary said.

The chilling hours of his travel from Haryana to the nationalist superior person been pieced unneurotic spot by spot successful a route-mapping exercise, showing however helium halted for nutrient astatine a roadside eatery adjacent Delhi-Mumbai expressway and spent the nighttime wrong his car earlier entering the nationalist superior the adjacent morning.

A constabulary root said helium started connected the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway connected Sunday (November 9) and past got disconnected the expressway, reaching Firozpur Jhirka successful Haryana’s Nuh district.

Later, connected Monday greeting (November 9), helium was again seen connected CCTV cameras installed on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, driving dilatory towards Delhi.

Police said Nabi entered Delhi the pursuing greeting done the Badarpur border, utilizing the aforesaid way helium had taken earlier from Faridabad.

“He seemed to person planned each step, including his introduction and exit routes, to debar detection,” said the police source.

Published - November 14, 2025 03:59 americium IST

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