NIA Arrests Kashmiri Man Over Alleged Conspiracy in Delhi Red Fort Car Bomb Blast

PTI, NEW DELHI, NOV 16, 2025 : In a major breakthrough in the Red Fort area car bomb blast case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Kashmir resident who allegedly conspired with "suicide bomber" Dr. Umar Un Nabi to carry out the terror attack, which claimed 13 lives. Amir Rashid Ali, in whose name the car involved in the blast was registered, has been arrested from Delhi, the NIA said in a release.

The NIA had launched a massive search operation after taking over the case from the Delhi Police. Investigations by the probe agency revealed that the accused, a resident of Samboora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pampore, had conspired with the "suicide bomber", Umar, to unleash the terror attack. Amir had allegedly come to Delhi to facilitate the purchase of the car, which was eventually used as a "vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (IED)" to trigger the blast, the NIA said.

This is the first time the probe agency has described Dr. Umar Un Nabi, who was behind the wheel when the car exploded near the Red Fort on November 10, as a "suicide bomber." The NIA has also for the first time used the term "vehicle-borne IED" for the car.

The NIA has forensically established the identity of the deceased driver of the "vehicle-borne IED" as Umar Un Nabi, a resident of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir and an assistant professor in the general medicine department of Al Falah University in Faridabad. The anti-terror agency has also seized another vehicle belonging to Umar. The vehicle is being examined for evidence in the case.