DNA test confirms Dr Umar Un Nabi behind wheels in Delhi car blast: Report
STC NEWS MONITORING DESK
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 23 (STC): A DNA test has confirmed that the man who carried out the devastating blast near Delhi’s Red Fort was Dr Umar Un Nabi, a Kashmiri doctor, says a report published in cross section of media today. Dr Umar’s body was blown into pieces in the blast on November 10 near Red Fort leaving 12 persons dead and many injured. His identity was not confirmed until now.
DNA samples taken from members of his family in Pulwama were later matched with human remains recovered from the car, confirming that Dr Umar was driving the Hyundai i20 when it exploded, reports quoting sources said.
The reports further state that officials now link Umar to a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) logistics module operating between Faridabad, Lucknow, and south Kashmir. The group allegedly included nine to 10 members, among them five to six doctors, who used their medical credentials to procure chemicals and materials for explosives.
Notably, according to the police, Dr Umar had been missing since November 9, a day after raids recovered nearly 2,900 kg of ammonium nitrate from a Faridabad warehouse. He is believed to have gone underground near Dhauj village, switching off five phones and skipping university duties since October 30.
Hailing from Pulwama’s Koil village, relatives described Dr Umar as a quiet, introverted man who kept to himself and spent hours reading.
An NDTV report quoting police sources said Umar’s behaviour had changed in recent months. He began travelling frequently between Faridabad and Delhi, visiting mosques near Ramleela Maidan and Sunehri Masjid. CCTV footage from the day of the blast shows him parking near the mosque around 3 pm before driving toward Red Fort.
“He stayed there for around three hours before heading towards the Red Fort,” a senior officer has said. A red Ford EcoSport car registered in Umar’s name was also seized in Faridabad. Police found the Delhi address listed on its documents to be fake.
Quoting police the investigation, the report states that it was found that key suspects Dr. Umar Nabi and Dr. Muzammil Ganaie — arrested after police busted the terror module based in Faridabad — had travelled to Turkey, where their handlers are suspected to be operating. The handlers were reportedly in contact with Nabi and other members of the so-called “doctor module,” officials said, according to PTI.
The passports of Nabi and Ganaie show travel to the country shortly after they joined certain Telegram groups. A handler instructed the doctor module to disperse across India, with target locations selected after the Turkey visit, the officials said.
During the investigation, it emerged that the suspects had planned to target crowded areas during Diwali but failed to execute the attack, reports reveal. Investigators have traced the radicalisation of a “doctors’ module” through two Telegram groups, including one reportedly operated by JeM handler Umar bin Khattab in Pakistan. Officials believe the group intended to carry out an attack similar to the 2008 Mumbai terror strikes, says a PTI report.
Meanwhile, the security agencies observing high alert are hunting for others linked to the this terror module.
(Straight Talk Communications I Inputs from Agencies)
