According to the Special Cell, one of the accused had conducted a reconnaissance visit to the Red Fort in December 2025. He had shared a photograph of the monument with a black flag atop it, using the image to incite and influence others online. Police said this activity has strengthened the suspected link between the group and the earlier attack.
Red Fort bomber Umar was the most radicalised member of the outfit and assumed the role of coordinator.
Yasir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, was nabbed by the anti-terror probe agency from Delhi.
National Investigation Agency (NIA) is carrying out searches in a forested belt of Hatmura in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district as part of its probe into last month’s Red Fort blast in New Delhi.
Ganaie had rented premises in Fatehpur, Taga and Dhauj in Faridabad, as well as in Khori Jamalpur village. He reportedly told the house owners that he intended to start a fruit business.
Owaisi asserted that suicide is haram in Islam, killing innocents is a grave sin, and such acts violate the law of the land. “This is terrorism and nothing else,” Owaisi added.
While the investigation into the Delhi blast and the connected busting of the Faridabad white-collar terror module continues at multiple levels, investigators were focusing on a crucial aspect of Umar's presence in the car for three hours in the parking lot of the Red Fort.
The blast that ripped through a crowded street near the iconic Red Fort in Delhi last week was just one of the many terror attacks India has witnessed; however, many believe it can well be considered a seismic event, which could have far-reaching implications for India's security architecture.
The investigation into the Delhi blast case has expanded to West Bengal, with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) interrogating a suspect currently held in a Kolkata jail.
According to the anti-terror probe agency, Ali had come to Delhi to facilitate the purchase of the car used as "a vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to trigger the blast."
