In the wake of the devastating car explosion at Red Fort that killed 13 people on November 10, investigative teams are intensifying efforts to trace the movements of Umar ul Nabi, the physician suspected of steering the vehicle packed with explosives, a senior official revealed Sunday.
Authorities plan to meticulously reconstruct Nabi’s journey leading up to the incident, piecing together his actions through available evidence. Although surveillance footage initially showed him without a mobile device, officials believe he carried one and intend to scrutinize call data records from nearby cell towers to identify his communications network.
The probe has uncovered signs pointing to triacetone triperoxide—infamously dubbed the “mother of Satan” for its volatility—as the likely explosive used in the attack. Further, financial sleuthing has revealed that Nabi allocated roughly ₹3 lakh toward acquiring fertilizers, materials often repurposed for makeshift bombs. “A hawala network is under scrutiny as the probable channel for funneling these funds,” the official noted.
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Law enforcement, in coordination with the National Investigation Agency (NIA), has pinpointed multiple outlets in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh where Nabi is thought to have obtained the chemicals. Efforts are underway to interview witnesses who were at Sunehri Masjid concurrently with the suspect, alongside pursuing leads on vehicle owners and drivers whose cars were stationed close to his in the vicinity of Red Fort.
Even as a bomb disposal unit maintains a presence at the site—while adjacent streets resume normal traffic—coordinated tenant verification sweeps are rolling out across Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. In parallel, officers in Haryana and Meerut are compiling records on Kashmiri students in the area to determine any potential links between Nabi and this group.
The multi-agency operation underscores the determination to dismantle the broader apparatus behind the assault, with forensic and intelligence work proceeding apace to prevent recurrence.
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