US EditionRed Fort Blast: What We Know of Probe so Far, Who ‘Busted Terror Module’ Was Working For
Authorities arrested six suspects linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind terror network after Red Fort blast killed 12, seizing explosives and arms across multiple states.
- On Monday, Jammu and Kashmir Police said they dismantled a sophisticated inter-state and transnational terror network linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind after a Hyundai i20 exploded near the Red Fort Metro Station.
- Local reports of JeM propaganda prompted authorities to launch a probe on October 19 after residents reported posters near Bunpora, Nowgam, leading to doctors arrested in Faridabad and Saharanpur.
- Investigators recovered explosives and weapons, including around 3,000 kilograms of explosives and related materials and 350 kg of explosives from a Faridabad doctor.
- Jammu and Kashmir's Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha convened a security review on Tuesday, chairing a high-level security review meeting in Srinagar while hospitals ordered locker clearances and strategic checkpoints intensified vehicle inspections.
- Investigators say they are tracing Pakistani phone numbers and overseas handlers, the National Investigation Agency is handling the blast probe, and more arrests are imminent as funding channels are traced.
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Red Fort blast: Initial probe suggests 'accidental' detonation of explosives
New Delhi: Findings of the initial probe into the blast near the Red Fort suggest it may have been “accidentally triggered” while a hastily assembled explosive device was being transported, following the busting of an inter-state terror module, officials said on Tuesday. Investigators have zeroed in on a Pulwama-based doctor, Umar Nabi, who was driving the car used in the explosion that claimed 12 lives, and had alleged links to the terror modul…
Day after Delhi blast, 6 arrested in sweeping police crackdown in J&K and Gujarat
Authorities arrested six suspects in Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat, a day after a deadly car blast near Delhi's Red Fort killed ten people. The sweeping crackdown came amid heightened nationwide security and the exposure of a Faridabad-based terror network involving medical professionals.
The autobomb exploded yesterday in front of Red Fort, a historic symbol of Indian independence, caused 13 deaths and more than 20 wounded. No group has claimed the action and the authorities suspect a jihadist attack linked to Kashmir, after the discovery of three tons of explosives in Faridabad, but remain open "all tracks" according to the Minister of the Interior Amit Shah. The Indian Catholic Episcopal Conference:
Red Fort blast: What we know of probe so far, who ‘busted terror module’ was working for
Red Fort blast | Delhi Blast Probe Explained: Jammu and Kashmir police said the explosion appears to have been carried out by a 'transnational and interstate; module busted in Faridabad earlier. Here's what to know.
Doctors turn deadly: Red Fort blast exposes India’s alarming ‘White-Collar Terror’ network - Connected to India News I Singapore l UAE l UK l USA l NRI
The deadly blast near Delhi’s Red Fort on November 10, which killed at least nine people and injured dozens, has shaken India’s security establishment to its core. Not because of the scale of the attack alone — but because of who was allegedly behind it. Doctors of the Faridabad Jaish module involved in the Delhi blast. In a chilling new trend, the investigation has revealed a terror module composed not of battle-hardened militants from the moun…
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