Anti-Terror Agency Arrests Accomplice in Deadly Red Fort Car Bombing, Identifying Suicide Attacker
India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made a significant breakthrough in the probe into the deadly November 10 car bombing near Delhi’s Red Fort, arresting a Kashmiri resident accused of conspiring with the suicide bomber and facilitating the purchase of the explosive-laden vehicle. The anti-terror agency has now confirmed that the attack, which tragically claimed over a dozen lives, was carried out by a suicide bomber, marking a critical escalation of the terror threat in the national capital.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) announced the arrest of Amir Rashid Ali, a resident of Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir, on Sunday, confirming he is an accomplice in the devastating vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attack that occurred near the Red Fort Metro Station last Monday. Ali was detained in Delhi after forensic investigation linked him to the Hyundai i20 car that was used in the bombing, which killed at least twelve people and wounded dozens of civilians during the evening rush hour. According to a statement released by the central anti-terror agency, Ali traveled to the capital weeks before the explosion with the express purpose of facilitating the acquisition of the vehicle, which investigators have now definitively identified as the bomb used in the terrorist attack. The NIA has deemed the operation a major breakthrough in unraveling the extensive conspiracy behind the targeted strike on the highly congested historic area.
Further developments in the high-stakes inquiry have definitively identified the deceased driver of the VBIED as a suicide bomber, Dr. Umar Un Nabi, a doctor and assistant professor from Pulwama District, Jammu and Kashmir. The NIA confirmed that Dr. Nabi, whose identity was forensically established, conspired with the recently arrested Ali to carry out the attack. This revelation confirms the blast near the Red Fort as the first car-borne suicide attack in the capital city since 2019, highlighting an alarming shift in tactics by anti-national forces. The investigation has rapidly expanded across multiple states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, with the NIA coordinating with various state police forces as they pursue multiple leads to uncover the entire terror module. Security agencies had already arrested several individuals, including two doctors linked to Dr. Nabi, and seized a massive cache of explosives in raids conducted in the days immediately preceding the blast, with investigators now exploring whether the attack was hastily triggered under pressure from these coordinated police actions.
