Red Fort Bomber Umar Un Nabi Used Shoe-Triggered IED: NIA Probe Rules Out Accidental Explosion
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 on November 10, 2025, blast near the Red Fort, identifying deceased Umer Un Nabi as the alleged mastermind and "operational in-charge" of a revived Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind module.
- A conspiracy to revive the dormant AGuH 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 the 'Lone Mujahid Pocket Book/How to Become an Assassin', an AQAP-linked manual providing operational guidance on TATP, remote detonation, and clandestine techniques allegedly used by the accused.
- The November 10, 2025, explosion near Red Fort Metro station killed 11 people and injured 29, with forensic evidence confirming a 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; allegations remain subject to judicial scrutiny throughout the trial.
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Red Fort blast: ‘How to Become an Assassin’, ‘44 Ways to Support Jihad’ — NIA recovers ‘extremist literature’
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) reportedly recovered the 'Lone Mujahid' Pocket Book/How to Become an Assassin during an investigation into the Red Fort blast case and linked it to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
‘Lal Mandir was original target’: Traffic forced Red Fort bomber Umar to change attack plan, NIA chargesheet reveals
NEW DELHI: The Red Fort blast bomber, Umar-un-Nabi, had attempted to park his explosive-laden Hyundai i20 near Lal Mandir in Chandni Chowk shortly before carrying out the attack near the Red Fort, but heavy traffic and police presence forced him to change his plans, according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet. CCTV footage cited by the NIA shows Umar attempting to park the vehicle at around 6.37 pm on November 10 last year. …
Dr Umar un Nabi detonated IED himself, revived Al-Qaeda-linked AGuH module: NIA chargesheet reveals terror plot behind Red Fort blast
The chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Delhi Red Fort blast case has revealed that Dr Umar un Nabi, who was inside the i20 car that exploded, himself pulled the trigger of the explosive. The agency found in its investigation that Nabi was a suicide bomber, and he activated the improvised explosive device (IED), causing a massive explosion outside the Red Fort on November 10, 2025. The blast led to the killing of…
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