Four days after the Red Fort blast, which killed 13 and sent shockwaves across Delhi, investigations are ongoing and have already yielded a significant breakthrough. On Thursday (November 13), Delhi Police confirmed that the the man behind the explosion was 36-year-old Dr. Umar Nabi from Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.
Reports on Thursday morning indicated that DNA samples from Dr. Umar Nabi Bhat, who is suspected to be the driver of the i20 vehicle involved in the explosion near Red Fort on Monday evening, which caused nine deaths and several injuries, have matched with those of his mother.
DNA samples from Bhat’s mother, collected in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, were brought to Delhi to match unidentified bodies at Lok Nayak Hospital. AIIMS officials confirmed the samples were matched, with further analysis ongoing. Investigators often rely on DNA profiling when bodies are unrecognizable.
Pulwama Doctor Identified as Red Fort Blast Suspect
Since Monday evening’s Red Fort blast, authorities have been investigating the identity of the driver of the i20 car that exploded. CCTV footage led them to 36-year-old Dr. Umar Nabi, an Assistant Professor at Al-Falah University in Faridabad.
DNA samples from Nabi, collected in Pulwama from his mother, were matched at AIIMS, Delhi, confirming his involvement in the attack that killed thirteen and injured several.
Authorities say this confirmation establishes a direct link between the blast and Haryana’s Al-Falah University, which remains under scrutiny as investigations continue.
Dr. Nabi, who studied at Government Medical College, Srinagar, and later worked in Anantnag before moving to Delhi, is believed to be linked to a Faridabad-Jammu and Kashmir module of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), a J&K-based wing of Al-Qaeda.
