Red Fort Blast: Suicide Bombing, 2-Year Recce and Ghazwa-E-Hind Among Key NIA Chargesheet Revelations
The chargesheet says the plot used a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device and followed an AQAP-linked manual on explosives, weapons and covert operations.
- The National Investigation Agency filed a chargesheet in the November 10, 2025, Red Fort blast case, identifying Umer Un Nabi as the alleged mastermind and linking the attack to an AQAP-connected manual on explosives and covert operations.
- A conspiracy to revive the dormant Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind module began in early 2022, with Nabi—also known as Pinda and Rahul Bhat—organizing clandestine meetings across Jammu, Kashmir, and Delhi-NCR to radicalize recruits.
- Investigators recovered extremist literature including the 'Lone Mujahid Pocket Book/How to Become an Assassin', an AQAP-linked manual providing operational knowledge on TATP, remote detonation, and clandestine techniques for attacks.
- The November 10, 2025, explosion near the Red Fort Metro station killed 11 people and injured 29, with forensic evidence confirming the Hyundai i20 functioned as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device .
- Proceedings against Nabi have abated following his death in the blast, though the chargesheet records the NIA's findings regarding his alleged role; allegations remain subject to judicial scrutiny during trial.
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Red Fort blast: Suicide bombing, 2-year recce and Ghazwa-e-Hind among key NIA chargesheet revelations
The NIA chargesheet in the Red Fort blast case details its allegations against 13 accused, including claims about the role of Omar Un Nabi, forensic evidence, alleged extremist links and nearly two years of reconnaissance of the historic site.
Red Fort blast was suicide bombing, Umar activated IED inside car: NIA chargesheet
The NIA chargesheet says Umar Un Nabi detonated the Red Fort blast from inside the car he was driving. Investigators allege the attack capped a near two-year conspiracy linked to a revived AGuH module.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet in the Red Fort blast case has revealed a significant revelation. According to the agency, the November 10, 2025, Red Fort blast was a suicide attack, and accused Umar Nabi activated the IED while sitting in a car. Read the full story, as told in the chargesheet.
Red Fort blast: NIA charge sheet names suicide bomber Umer Un Nabi ‘operational in-charge’ of terror module
The chargesheet alleges that Nabi, also known as Pinda and Rahul Bhat, had been working since early 2022 to revive the dormant module and build a network of radicalised persons for carrying out terrorist activities against the Indian State.
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