Delhi car blast: NIA arrests key conspirator in Red Fort bombing that killed 10

The National Investigation Agency NIA has arrested a Kashmiri resident in a major breakthrough in the Red Fort area car bombing case that killed 10 people and injured 32 in Delhi on November 10 the NIA wrote in a post on XNIA Makes a Breakthrough in Red Fort Area Bombing Case with Arrest of Suicide Bomberrsquos Aide pictwittercomABt3na9tOomdash NIA India NIA_India November 16 2025The accused Amir Rashid Ali was held in Delhi after a largescale search operation Investigators said Amir a resident of Samboora in Pampore Jammu and Kashmir had allegedly conspired with the suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi to execute the attack The car used in the blast was registered in Amirrsquos nameAccording to the NIA Amir had travelled to Delhi to help purchase the vehicle that was later rigged with a vehicleborne improvised explosive device IED Forensic analysis has confirmed that the bomber who drove the explosiveladen car was Nabi an assistant professor from Pulwama working in the General Medicine Department at Al Falah University in FaridabadThe agency has seized another vehicle belonging to Nabi and is examining it for evidence So far 73 witnesses including blast survivors have been examinedThe NIA is coordinating with Delhi Police Jammu Kashmir Police Haryana Police UP Police and other agencies as it works to uncover the larger conspiracy and identify all those involved in the case Further investigation is underwayJammu and Kashmir Will probe explosion of Delhi blast evidence says JampK LGJammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha paid floral tributes to the victims of an ldquoaccidentalrdquo explosion in Srinagar on Saturday Through a post on his official X handle Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said ldquoThe chief minister has expressed deep sorrow and grief over the tragic accidental explosion at Nowgam police station which claimed precious lives and left several personnel injuredrdquoThe materials being sampled were approximately 360 kg of explosive substances chemicals and reagents including ammonium nitrate potassium nitrate and sulphur This cache was recovered by JampK Police from the rented residence of Delhi blast arrested accused Dr Muzzamil Ganaie in Faridabad on November 9 and 10 The bulk of the 360 kg of explosives was stored securely in an open area at the Nowgam police stationCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that this is a wakeup call for the Central government to strengthen intelligence and antiterror mechanisms He also demanded an allparty meeting to discuss the growing threat of terrorismIn a post on X JampK Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced ldquoI have ordered a probe to ascertain the cause of the accidental explosionrdquoThe sampling process necessary due to the ldquovoluminousrdquo nature of the recovery had been ongoing for two days The massive blast severely damaged the police station building and affected adjacent structuresldquoThe huge cache of explosives was brought from Haryanarsquos Faridabad in a Tata 407 pickup truck in small bagsrdquo a top official said On the reason behind transporting the explosives to Kashmir he said ldquoThe original case was registered at the Nowgam police station and the explosives were the case property of that police station Hence we needed to transport themrdquoThe investigators believe a core trio of doctors mdash Dr Ganaie Umar Nabi the driver of the car that exploded near the Red Fort on November 10 and Muzzaffar Rather absconding mdash were running the module