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.
Al-Falah University first came under the scanner after the Jammu and Kashmir police arrested a doctor named Muzammil Ganaie and recovered around 350 kg of explosive grade ammonium nitrate from Delhi-NCR.
Citing a major intelligence failure and a worrying delay in official response, the Congress demanded that Home Minister Amit Shah take responsibility for the security lapse.
The move comes after some of its doctors were allegedly part of the 'Doctor Terror Module' of the Jaish-e-Mohammad wing and were implicated in the November 10 Red Fort blast case which claimed at least 13 lives.
Nabi, the prime accused in Red Fort bomb blast, had allegedly arranged several cars to be used in the planned attacks.
Police probing the Red Fort blast are looking for a missing Brezza, seized a red EcoSport, recovered coded diaries and detained new suspects. Here are the 10 major developments in the case.
